Sentence
Phrases
Phrases
A word or group of words that functions in a sentence as subject, object, or prepositional object.
Noun Phrase
Words that show an action, occurrence, 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
Words that show the relationship between a noun or pronoun and another word
Preposition
Part of a sentence containing the verb and any direct or indirect object, but not the subject.
Verb Phrase
Words that describe a physical or mental action
Action Verb
A word that replaces a noun
Pronoun
(the) used to identify a specific noun or group of nouns
Definite article
Linking word that connects words, phrases, or clauses within a sentence to make it more complex and flowing
Conjunction
A phrase that consists of a preposition, the object of a preposition, and all its modifiers
Prepositional Phrase
An action verb that transfers its action to a noun or pronoun
Transitive Verb
Words that describe or modify nouns and pronouns
Adjective
(a, an) used to identify a general noun or a noun whose identity is unknown
Indefinite Article
Words that join items of equal grammatical rank
Coordinating Conjunction
A phrase that modifies the verb of the sentence
Adverbial Prep. Phrase
An action verb that does not require a direct object to complete its meaning
Intransitive Verb
Noun modifier that occurs before the noun
Attributive Adjective
A word that modifies or describes a verb, an adjective , another adverb, or even a whole sentence
Adverb
Words that link a dependent clause to an independent clause
Subordinating Conjunction
A phrase that modifies the noun of the sentence
Adjectival prep. phrase
Connects the subject of a sentence to a word or phrase that describes or renames it
Intransitive Verb
Noun modifier that occurs after the noun
Predicative Adjective
A word or phrase that is grammatically independent from the words around it, and mainly expresses feeling rather than meaning
Interjection
Pairs of conjunctions that are used to show the relationship between two words, phrases, or clauses
Correlative Conjunctions