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18 Cards in this Set
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What is a preposition? |
A preposition is a word that shows the relationship of a noun or pronoun to another word. |
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What does a prepositional phrase include? |
A prepositional phrase includes a preposition, a noun or pronoun called the object of the preposition, and any modifiers of that object. |
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What do sentences consist of? |
Sentences consist of two parts; subjects and predicates. |
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What is a subject? |
A subject tells whom or what the sentence is about. |
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What is a predicate? |
A predicate of a sentence is what tells something about the subject. |
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What is a simple subject? |
A simple subject is the main word or word group that tells whom or what the sentence is about. |
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What is a complete subject? |
A complete subject consists of all the words that tell whom or what a sentence is about. |
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What is a simple predicate? |
A simple predicate is a verb, it is the main word or word group that tells something about the subject. |
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What is a complete predicate? |
A complete predicate consists of a verb and all the words that modify the verb and it completes its meaning. |
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What is a verb phrase? |
A verb phrase consists of simple predicates, verbs, and it has more than one word. |
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What is a compound subject? |
A compound subject consists of two or more subjects that are joined by a conjunction and that has the same verb. |
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What is a compound verb? |
A compound verb consists of two or more verbs that are joined together by a conjunction and that have the same subject. |
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What is a complement? |
A complement is a word or word group that completes the meaning of a verb. A complement can be either a noun, pronoun, or an adjective. |
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What is an indirect object? |
An indirect object is a noun, pronoun, or a group that SOMETIMES appears in sentences that also has a direct object inside of the sentence. |
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What is a direct object? |
A direct object is a noun, pronoun, or a word group that tells who or what receives the action of the verb. |
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What is an adjective phrase? |
An adjective phrase is a prepositional phrase that that is used as an adjective. |
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what is an adverb phrase? |
When a preposition is used as an adverb it is now an adverb phrase. |
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What does an adverb phrase modify? |
An adverb phrase modifies a verb, an adjective, and an adverb. |
