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27 Cards in this Set
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Subject |
What the sentence is about |
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Predicate |
What's said about the subject |
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Noun |
A word that can be made plural and/or possessive |
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Phrase |
A word or group of words that function as a unit within the sentence |
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Headword |
Noun in the noun phrase |
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Determiner |
Noun signaler the a |
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Demonstrative pronoun |
Word category in the determiner category This that these those |
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Noun |
Wood that can be made plural and/or possessive It occupies the headword position Usually signaled by a determiner |
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Verb |
Word that can be used in present and past tenses Has both an -s form and an -ing form |
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Transitive |
Able to take a direct object The cat chased the mouse |
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Intransitive |
Not taking a direct object Cats fight. |
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Sentence = |
NP+VP |
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Adjectivals |
Modifiers of nouns Fish sandwich Modifies or describes subject |
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Adverbials |
Modifiers of verbs Time or place |
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Forms of be |
Am is are was were Being been
Was being Have been Might be Will be |
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Subject complement |
Adjectival that completes the verb and modifies or describes the subject |
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Set phrases/Idiomatic Expressions |
Prepositional phrase that name an attribute of the subject Pattern 2
Henry is under the weather. Instead of Henry is ill.
Kim is in a bad mood. Kim is cranky. |
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Pattern 1 |
NP be ADV/TP adverbial (Modifier ox the verb) Be verb Adverb designating time or place The students are upstairs. |
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Pattern 2 |
NP be ADJ Determiner, noun, be verb, adjecvtival (subject complement) The play was dull. The students are bored. |
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Qualifier |
Way to test whether a word is an adj or adv as opposed to a noun or verb. Pair with qualifier, such as very. Very beautiful. Very quickly. |
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Pattern 3 |
NP1 be NP1 Both noun phrases in either side of be been reference the same person/thing. Be verb acts as an equal sign connecting subject with its complement. The students are scholars. |
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Marks the subject complement which completes the verb and modifies or describes the subject. |
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Linking verb |
Term that applies to all verbs other than be competed by a subject complement |
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Pattern 4 |
NP V-lnk ADJ Determiner, noun, linking verb (non be verb that are completed by a subject complement)
Common sentence for senses except taste.
The students seem diligent. The soup tastes salty. The piano sounds out of tune. The jogger seems out of shape. |
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Patten 5 |
NP1 V-lnk NP1 Determiner, noun, linking verb, subject complement that references the first noun.
Uncommon pattern.
The students became scholars. He seemed a competent person. |
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Adverb phrase |
Qualified adverb Very fast |
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Pattern 6 |
NP V-int Determiner, noun, intransitive verb (verb with no complements...missing noun phrase or adjectival) Mary laughed. (Missing how she laughed...loudly) The visitors from London arrived. (Missing where and when...finally at the airport) Diagram looks like pattern 1. |
