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Grammar Definitions

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nounname of a person, place, or thing
pronouna word that takes the place of a noun
adjectivea word that modifies a noun or pronoun
verba word that shows action, being, or links a subject to its subject complement
conjuctiona word that joins two words or two groups of words
adverba word that modifies a verb, adjective, or adverb
definitive articlethe
interjectionshows emotion but has no grammatical function
predicate adjectivea subject complement that is an adjective
subjectthe noun or subject pronoun that the sentence is about
subject pronounsI, you, he, she, it, we, you, they
direct objectthe noun or object pronoun that receives the action of the action verb
object pronounsme, you, him, them, her, it , us
fragmentan incomplete thought
phrasea group of words that does not have a subject and its predicate
prepositional phrasea phrase beginning with a preposition used as a modifier
subordinating conjuctionsif, as, since, when, because
gerundan -ing verb form used as a noun
participlea verb form of various endings used as an adjective
3 degrees of adjectivespositive, comparitive, superlative
clausea group of words that has a subject and its predicate
independent clausea clause that is a complete thought
dependent clausea clause that is not a complete thought
simple sentencea sentence with one independent clause
compound sentencea sentence with two or more independent clauses
complex sentencea sentence with an independent clause attached to a dependent clause
sentence purposesdeclarative, imperative, interrogative, exclamatory
declarativea sentence that makes a statement
imperativea sentence that makes a command
exclamatorya sentence that exclaims
interrogativea sentence that asks a question



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