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Sentences
The Verb
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The Verbals
Big Words
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What is the most basic type of sentence?
Simple Sentence
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Verb Tense
What is known as the "past", "present" and "future" of a verb.
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Adverb
Modifies a verb, often ends in "ly".
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Infinitive
Look for the word "to" in front of the simple form of the verb.
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Complex-Compound
The most complicated types of sentences generally filled with several clauses and phrases.
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Many different types of sentences can exist without a verb.
False
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Verb Phrases
Helping verbs in tandem with other verbs, such as action verbs, create these parts of speech.
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Collective Noun
This type of noun refers to a group of something.
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Gerunds
These parts of speech always end with the suffix "ing".
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Interjection
Generally set aside from the rest of the sentence by an exclamation point or a comma. It usually expresses emotion.
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These types of sentences are joined together by a conjunction.
Compound Sentences
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Linking Verb
Connects the subject with a word that identifies or describes the subject.
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Preposition
Words like "with", "for", "to", "about" & "from" are the trickier types of this part of speech.
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Gerund
What do we call a verb form that is used as a noun in a sentence.
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Appositive
A noun or pronoun placed beside another noun or pronoun to identify or describe it. Ex. My neighbor, Mr. Jones, has the best front lawn on the block.
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What kind of sentence is this, "After you finish raking the leaves you need to mow the lawn."Imperative Sentence
Imperative Sentence
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Direct Object
One of the compliments, this part of speech receives the action of a verb.
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Articles
"The, a, an" are a sub-group of adjectives and are called...
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The Verbals
Formed from verbs these parts of speech are used as adjectives, adverbs or nouns.
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Antecedent
The word or words that a pronoun stands for.
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This is another word for "sentence"
A Clause
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Transitive Verb
This type of verb has an object. Ex. He took the test in English.
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Conjunctions
Without these parts of speech there would be a lot of shorter sentences.
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A Participle
One of the three verbals, this part of speech is a verb form that is used as an adjective
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Palindrome
A word, phrase or sequence that reads the same backward as well as forward.