Basics
Simple, Compound, Complex, and Compound-Complex
What are the 4 sentence structures?
It shows a sudden expression of feeling or emotion.
What is an interjection?
The who or what the sentence is about.
What is a Subject Noun?
The sentence, "Dogs bark," is an example of this pattern.
What is the S-Vi Pattern?
"Typing" in the sentence: Typing is hard,
is an example of this verbal.
What is a gerund?
Declarative, Exclamatory, Interrogative, Imperative
What are the 4 purposes of a sentence?
It replaces a noun in order to avoid repetition.
What is a pronoun?
It receives the action of the verb.
What is a Direct Object?
The sentence, "Bees make honey," is an example of this pattern.
What is S-Vt-DO?
"Laughing" in the sentence: Laughing cows are happy,
is an example of this verbal .
What is a Participle?
Noun, Pronoun, Verb, Adverb, Conjunction, Interjection, Preposition, Adjective
What are the "8 Parts of Speech?"
It connects a noun or pronoun to another word.
What is a preposition?
I, you, he/she/it, we, you, they are this type of pronouns.
What are the Subjective Pronouns?
The sentence, "Bees are insects," is an example of this pattern.
What is S-Vl-PN?
"To play" in the sentence: I love to play,
is an example of this verbal
What is an infinitive?
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What are the Coordinating and Subordinating Conjunctions?
It modifies a noun or pronoun by describing qualifying, or limiting, and answers the questions:
What kind? How many? Which? and Whose?
What is an Adjective?
They are: Intransitive, transitive, linking, and helping
What are the 4 types of verbs?
The sentence, "Tom told me jokes," is an example of this pattern.
What is S-Vt-IO-DO?
It is a dependent clause, complete with a subject and a verb, which is acting like a single noun.
What is a Noun Clause?
Subject, Verb, Capital Letter, End Mark, Makes Sense
What are the "5 Parts of a Sentence?"
It is a word used to modify a verb, Adjective, or another Adverb and answers the questions:
How? When? To what extent? and Why?
What is an Adverb?
They are: Infinitive, Present, Past, Present Participle, Past Participle.
What are the 5 Principal Parts of a Verb?
The sentence, "John calls her funny," is an example of this pattern.
What is S-Vt-DO-OCA?
It is a clause with inserted understood words, that are not actually in the sentence. These are diagrammed either with the words in parenthesis or as an 'x.'
What is an elliptical clause?