A | B |
noun | name of a person, place, or thing |
pronoun | a word that takes the place of a noun |
adjective | a word that modifies a noun or pronoun |
verb | a word that shows action, being, or links a subject to its subject complement |
conjuction | a word that joins two words or two groups of words |
adverb | a word that modifies a verb, adjective, or adverb |
definitive article | the |
interjection | shows emotion but has no grammatical function |
predicate adjective | a subject complement that is an adjective |
subject | the noun or subject pronoun that the sentence is about |
subject pronouns | I, you, he, she, it, we, you, they |
direct object | the noun or object pronoun that receives the action of the action verb |
object pronouns | me, you, him, them, her, it , us |
fragment | an incomplete thought |
phrase | a group of words that does not have a subject and its predicate |
prepositional phrase | a phrase beginning with a preposition used as a modifier |
subordinating conjuctions | if, as, since, when, because |
gerund | an -ing verb form used as a noun |
participle | a verb form of various endings used as an adjective |
3 degrees of adjectives | positive, comparitive, superlative |
clause | a group of words that has a subject and its predicate |
independent clause | a clause that is a complete thought |
dependent clause | a clause that is not a complete thought |
simple sentence | a sentence with one independent clause |
compound sentence | a sentence with two or more independent clauses |
complex sentence | a sentence with an independent clause attached to a dependent clause |
sentence purposes | declarative, imperative, interrogative, exclamatory |
declarative | a sentence that makes a statement |
imperative | a sentence that makes a command |
exclamatory | a sentence that exclaims |
interrogative | a sentence that asks a question |