Easier Grammar
A group of words that expresses a complete thought and contains a subject and a predicate (4.2)
What is a sentence?
The main word or words in a complete subject; the core of the subject (4.2)
What is simple subject
A group of words with neither a subject nor a predicate (4.2)
What is a phrase?
A sentence that asks a question (4.2)
What is a interrogative sentence?
A word in a sentence that names the person speaking, the person spoken to, or the person or thing spoken about (4.2)
What is a subject?
two or more subjects (nouns or pronouns) joined by a coordinating conjunction (4.2, 5.3)
What is a compound subject?
A group of words containing a subject and a predicate (4.2)
What is a clause?
A group of words consisting of a preposition, an object, and any modifiers of the object (4.2, 6.2, 7.2)
What is a prepositional phrase?
What is an imperative sentence?
The part of a sentence that tells what the subject is or does or what is done to the subject (4.2)
What is a predicate?
the main verb plus any helping verbs in a sentence (4.2)
What is a simple predicate?
the simple predicate plus all the words that modify it in a sentence (4.2)
What is a complete predicate?
A sentence that makes a statement (4.2, 7.1)
What is a declarative sentence?
A sentence that expresses strong feeling (4.2)
What is an exclamatory sentence?
A group of words that includes an infinitive and any words that are related to it (4.2, 7.2)
What is an infinitive phrase?
A group of words that does not express a complete thought and is missing either a subject or a predicate (4.2)
What is a sentence fragment?
A group of two or more verbs working together as one verb (4.2, 4.3)
What is a verb phrase?