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Expresses either mental or physical activity
Action Verb
Always follow linking verbs and describe the subject
Predicate Adjectives
Has a subject and a verb and expresses a complete thought.
Independent Clause
Subject + Predicate
Simple Sentence
To + be
infinitive verb
Expresses a state of being
Linking Verb
Always follow linking verbs and identify the subject or refer to it.
Predicate Nominatives
a group of words that contains a subject and verb but does not express a complete thought.
Dependent Clause
More than one subject OR predicate
Compound
Mrs. Young's Favorite beverage
Coffee
Also called Auxiliary Verbs
Helping
Always follow transitive verbs and receive the action
Direct Object
A phrase with a preposition
Prepositional Phrase
Independent clause + 1 or more dependent clauses.
Complex
Friday, January 26th.
The date of your test
Are always action verbs that have a direct object
Transitive
Always comes before the D.O. They can be found by asking to whom? for whom?
Indirect Object
The verb/verb phrase and its modifiers
Complete predicate
2 independent clauses + 1 or more dependent clauses.
Compound Complex
A word that modifies an adjective.
Adverb
Are always actions verbs that do not have a direct object
Intransitive verbs
He gave me the book.
"Book" is the what?
I went in the closet to grab my jacket.
What is "in the closet"?
Prepositional phrase
What type of sentence is this?
When everyone had boarded, the ship began its three-hour tour.
Complex
This is needed when a sentence starts with a subordinating conjunction.
A comma