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10 Cards in this Set
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What is a complement?
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A word or group of words used to complete the meaning of subject or object
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What is a direct object?
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A noun or pronoun that receives the action of a transitive verb a direct object answers the question what? or Whom?
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What is an indirect object?
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A noun or pronoun that receives the action indirectly . indirect objects name the person or thing for whom or to whom something is done.
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What is an object complement?
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A noun or adjective that modifies describes or renames the direct object
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What is a phrase?
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groups of words that lack a subject or a predicate or both
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What is a clause?
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groups of words that contain both a subject and a predicate
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What is a noun phrase?
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A noun plus its modifiers is a noun phrase
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What is a prepositional phrase?
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consists of a preposition, an object of the preposition, and any modifiers of the object
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What is a verb phrase?
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A main verb, plus its helping verb is a verb phrase
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What is a Verbal?
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A verb form that cannot function as the main verb of a sentence
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