Basics
a person, place, thing, or idea
an action or state of being
noun
verb
names any person, place, thing, or idea
names a particular person, place, thing, or idea
common noun
proper noun
the who or what the sentence is talking about
all of the words that tell who or what the sentence is about all; all of the modifiers that go with the simple subject
subject
complete subject
the main action or state of being in a sentence
an action or movement
main verb
action verb
part of the sentence that contains the action
contains the action or actions in a sentence plus descriptors
simple predicate
complete predicate
a word that describes a noun or pronoun
word that describes a verb, an adjective, or another adverb
adjective
adverb
names one person, place, thing, or idea
names more than one person, place, thing, or idea
singular noun
plural noun
who or what that is doing the verb without any description
a sentence that has two or more subjects
simple subject
compound subject
connect the subject of the verb to additional information about the subject
is made up of the helping verb(s) and main verb; all of the different kinds of verbs in a sentence.
linking verb
verb phrase
the action or actions in a sentence with no descriptors
two or more simple predicates that have the same subject
simple predicate
compound predicate
takes the place of a noun
a word that connect two or more words, phrases, or clauses in a sentence
pronoun
conjunction
shows ownership of someone or something
group of people or things
possessive noun
collective noun
word or phrase that follows the linking verb/ back slash
happening now
subject complement
present tense
compares one or two actions of a person, place, thing, or group
compares more than two actions of a person, thing, or group
comparative adverb
superlative adverb
the direct object (noun) after the linking verb that describes the subject part of the sentence
the direct object (adjective) after the linking verb that describes the subject part of the sentence
predicate noun
predicate adjective
shows strong emotion
relates a noun or pronoun to another word in the sentence
interjection
preposition
a sentence that states something
a sentence that asks a question
declarative
interrogative
happened in the past
will happen in the future
past tense
future tense
noun or pronoun that comes after the preposition
group of words that start with preposition and end with the object of prepostion
object of preposition
prepositional phrase
help the main verb to describe action; if no main verb it is considered a linking verb
list the 23 helping verbs
helping verb
Is, am, are, was, and, were, being, been, be, have, has, had, do, does, did, shall,
should, will, would, may, might, must, can, could!
a group of words that includes a subject and a predicate
an error in a sentence that is missing a subject, verb, or complete thought
sentence
fragment
a sentence that commands something
a sentence that exclaims something/loud
imperative
exclamatory
when an action verb is followed by a direct object
when an action verb is not followed by a preposition
transitive
intransitive
to describe
Word that receives the action of the verb
statement which contains two negative words
Modify
Direct Object
Double Negative
list the prepositions
about, above, across, after, against, among, around, at, before, beside, between, by,
down, during, except, for, from, in, into, near, of, off, on, over, through, to toward,
under, up, with! Stick a feather in my hat I know my prepositions.