The part of the sentence about which something is being said.
What is a subject?
100
This takes the place of a noun.
What is a pronoun?
100
A word(s) needed along with the subject to make a
statement, ask a question, or give a command.
What is a verb?
100
A main verb that usually expresses an action
and always has a direct object.
What is a transitive verb?
100
A word(s) that describes or expands the meaning of
another word(s) in a sentence.
What is a modifier?
200
In most sentences, this comes before the verb.
What is the subject?
200
A type of pronoun such as I, you, he, she, it, we, and they refer to one or more persons.
What is a personal pronoun?
200
A one-word verb or the last word of a verb phrase
that expresses an action, a state of being, or a condition.
What is a main verb?
200
Another name for a direct object or an
indirect object.
What is a verb complement?
200
The personal pronouns (my, your, his,
her, its, our, and their) that function as adjectives.
What is a possessive pronoun?
300
A noun such as "honesty", "decision", or "concept"
that names a quality, an idea, a characteristic, or an emotion.
What is an abstract noun?
300
This type of pronouns (such as all, anybody,
everybody, and few).
What is an indefinite pronoun?
300
A verb that usually precedes a main verb
and must be used with certain forms of a main verb.
What is a helping verb?
300
A verb complement that follows a transitive verb
and answers the question What? or Whom?
What is a direct object?
300
A word(s) that modifies or describes a verb, an
adjective, or another adverb and answers the question When? Where? How? or To what extent?
What is an adverb?
400
When two or more nouns are combined to form a single noun, this word is called a _____________.
What is a compound-word noun?
400
This type of pronoun (such as this, that, these, and those) point out a specific person or thing.
What are demonstrative pronouns?
400
A main verb and all of its helping verbs.
What is a verb phrase?
400
A pronoun formed by adding the suffix "self"
or the suffix "selves" to the personal pronouns "my", "your", "him", "her", "it", "our", or "them".
What is a reflexive pronoun?
400
A preposition plus its object and any
modifiers.
What is a prepositional phrase?
500
A noun such as "team", "choir", or "flock" that
names a group is this type of noun.
What is collective?
500
When the pronoun you, I, or we is functioning as a subject,
the pronoun may be implied rather than written. When this
occurs, the subject is called a pronoun _________.