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| Sentence | A group of words that contains a subject and a verb and expresses a complete thought |
| Subject | The part of a sentence that names the person or thing spoken about in the rest of the sentence |
| Predicate (Verb) | The part of the sentence that says something about the subject |
| Simple Subject | The main word or group of words within the complete subject |
| Complete Subject | The simple subject and any words, phrases, or clauses that modify the simple subject |
| Simple Predicate | The main word or group of words within the complete predicate |
| Prepositional Phrase | Begins with a preposition and ends with a noun or a pronoun |
| Sentences With Inverted Word Order | Questions, beginning with there, understood subject |
| Compound Subject | Consists of two or more subjects that are joined by a conjunction and have the same verb |
| Compound Verb | Consists of two or more verbs that are joined by a conjunction and have the same subject |
| Complement | A word or group of words that completes the meaning of a predicate |
| Subject Complement | A noun, pronoun, or adjective that follows a linking verb and describes or identifies the simple subject |
| Predicate Nominative | A noun or pronoun in the predicate that explains or identifies the subject of the sentence |
| Predicate Adjective | An adjective in the predicate that modifies the subject of the sentence |
| Object | A complement that does not refer to the subject |
| Direct Object | A noun or pronoun that receives the action of the verb or shows the result of the action and answers the question "Whom?" or "What?" after an action verb |
| Indirect Object | A noun or pronoun that precedes the direct object and usually tells "to whom" or "for whom" (or "to what" or "for what") the action of the verb is done |
