Sentence
Phrases
Phrases
A word or group of words that functions in a sentence as the subject, object, or prepositional object.
Noun Phrase
Words that show an action or state of being
Verbs
A person, place, thing, or idea
Noun
Words that appear before nouns to indicate whether the noun is specific or general
Articles
A word that shows the relationship between a noun or pronoun and another word
Preposition
A group of words containing the verb and any direct or indirect object, but not the subject.
Verb Phrase
Verbs that describe a physical or mental action
Action Verb
A word that replaces a noun to avoid repetition
Pronoun
(the) an article used to identify a specific noun or group of nouns
Definite article
A word that connects words, phrases, or clauses within a sentence to make it more complex
Conjunction
A phrase that consists of a preposition, the object of a preposition, and all its modifiers
Prepositional Phrase
Verbs that transfer its action to a noun or pronoun
Transitive Verb
Words that describe nouns and pronouns
Adjective
(a, an) articles used to identify a general noun or a noun whose identity is unknown
Indefinite Article
A conjunction that joins words of equal grammatical rank
Coordinating Conjunction
Prepositional phrases that describe the verb of the sentence
Adverbial Prep. Phrase
Verbs that do not require a direct object to complete its meaning
Intransitive Verb
Adjectives that occur before the noun
Attributive Adjective
A word that describes a verb
Adverb
A conjunction that links a dependent clause to an independent clause
Subordinating Conjunction
Prepositional phrases that describe the noun of the sentence
Adjectival prep. phrase
Verbs that connect the subject of a sentence to a word or phrase that describes it
Linking Verb
Adjectives that occur after the noun
Predicative Adjective
Words that expresses feeling rather than meaning
Interjection
Pairs of conjunctions that show the relationship between two words, phrases, or clauses
Correlative Conjunctions