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17 Cards in this Set
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Simple Subject |
- The who or the what of the verb - Must be a noun, pronoun, gerund, or infinitive - There and here are never the subject of a sentence - The subject could be an understood you |
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Complete subject |
- Simple subject with its modifiers - Ex: The dog with spots likes to bark loudly. |
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Simple Predicate verb |
- Transitive verb (vt): takes a direct object - Ex: We love English. - In transitive verb (vi): Does not take a direct object - Ex: Please sit down. - All linking verbs are intransitive.All passive voice verbs are transitive |
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Complete predicate |
- Verb plus its modifiers - Ex; The dog with spots likes to bark loudly. |
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Complement |
- Complements the meaning of the subject and the verb |
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Direct object |
- Is a noun or pronoun - Follows an action verb - Subject, Verb, What? |
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Indirect object |
- Is a noun or pronoun - Comes before a direct object and after the verb - Subject, verb, direct object, to or for, whom or what, |
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Predicate Nominative |
- Is a noun or pronoun - Follows linking verb and renames subject - Subject, Linking verb, what or who |
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Predicate adjective |
- Is an adjective - Follows linking verb & describes subject |
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Appositive |
Noun or pronoun that follows or renames another noun pronoun |
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Appositive phrase |
Noun or pronoun (along with modifiers) that follows and renames another noun or pronoun |
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Prepositional phrase |
- Group of words beginning with preposition and ending wit ha noun or pronoun - Can act as an adjective or adverb - Must be next to a noun or pronoun it modifies |
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Object of preposition |
- Follows preposition and tells what or whom |
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Noun of direct address |
- Person being spoken to directly in a sentence |
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Infinitive phrase |
- Infinitive plus its modifiers and oobjects |
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Object of infinitive |
- Follows infinitive and tells what? |
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Gerund phrase |
- Gerund plus its modifiers and objects - Ex: Writing long essays can be fun. |
