| A | B |
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| common noun | any person, place, thing, or idea |
| proper noun | a specific person, place or thing |
| plural noun | names more than one person, place, or thing |
| action verb | tells what the subject does or did; shows movement |
| linking verb | connects the subject to a word or words in the predicate; does not express action |
| verb phrase | two or more verbs that work together |
| main verb | the most important verb in the verb phrase; expresses action |
| helping verb | works with the main verb in a verb phrase |
| verb complement | receives the action from the verb |
| subject | tells whom or what the sentence is about |
| possessive noun | shows ownership or possession |
| simple subject | the main word that makes up the subject of the sentence |
| predicate | expresses something about the subject |
| simple predicate | the main word that makes up the predicate of the sentence |
| appositive | identifies or renames the word or words that precede it |
| adjective | describes/modifies a noun or pronoun |
| positive form | used when no comparision is being made |
| comparitive form | used to compare two items; add -er |
| superlative form | used to compare three or more items; add -est |
| adverb | modifies/describes an adjective or another adverb |
| pronoun | a word that takes the place of a noun |
| antecedent | the noun to which a pronoun refers |
| prepositions | relates a noun or a pronoun to another word in the sentence |
| prepositional phrase | includes the preposition, its object, and any words in between |
