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Two Words
Begins with "P"
Nouns Need Jobs
Verbs
Odds & Ends
100
A sentence with a transitive verb must contain one of these.
What is a direct object?
100
in, on for, with, to
What are prepositions?
100
The "doer" in a sentence; what it's about
What is the subject?
100
Another name for an auxilliary verb
What is a helping verb or a modal?
100
This contains a preposition, its object, and sometime adjectives that describe the object
What is a prepositional phrase?
200
Another name for the main verb.
What is the simple predicate?
200
An adjective that follows a linking verb and is not directly in front of a noun
What is a predicate adjective?
200
Must come after a preposition
What is the object of a prepostion?
200
An action verb that requires a direct object to complete its meaning
What is a transitive verb?
200
A group of words that contains a subject and a verb
What is a clause?
300
This group of words can be a complete sentence.
What is an independent clause?
300
These words are always capitalized.
What are proper nouns?
300
Receives the action of a transitive verb
What is a direct object?
300
These verbs act like equal signs
What are linking verbs?
300
A, an, the
What are the articles?
400
This looks like a gerund but is used a s a verb or an adjective.
What is a present participle?
400
A group of words that does not contain a subject and a verb
What is a phrase?
400
Cannot be in a sentence unless there is also a transitive verb and a direct object.
What is an indirect object?
400
These verbs do not form the past tense by adding -ed.
What is an irregular verb?
400
"to" plus the base form of the verb--can act like a noun, adjective, or adverb
What is an infinitive?
500
Never contains the subject, main verb, direct object or indirect object.
What is a prepositional phrase?
500
Regular verbs form these by adding -ed.
What are the past tense and past participle?
500
The noun that is joined to the subject by a linking verb
What is a predicate noun or predicate nominative?
500
Three kinds of verbals
What are infinitives, gerunds, and sometimes participles?
500
Even though this group of words has a subject and a verb, it cannot form a sentence by itself.
What is a dependent clause?