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Prepositional Phrase | a group of words consisting of a preposition, a noun or pronoun tht serves as the object of the preposition, and any modifiers of that object. |
Adjective Phrase | a prepositional phrase that modifies a noun or a pronoun. |
Adverb Phrase | a prepositional phras that modifies a verb, an adjective, or an adverb. |
Participles | A verbal or verb form that can be used as an adjective. |
Present Participles | participles ending in -ing. |
Past Participles | participles that usually end in d, ed, n,en ,t. |
Gerund Phrase | a verbal phrase that ends in -ing and is used as a noun. |
Infinitive Phrase | a verbal phrase that begins with the word "to" and can be used as a noun, adjective, or adverb. |
Appositive | a noun or a pronoun placed besides another noun or pronoun to identify or explain it. |
Appositive Phrase | an appositive and its modifiers. |
Verbal | a verb form used as a noun, an adjective, or an adverb. |
Three kinds of Verbals | Participles, Gerunds, and Infinitives. |
Indirect Object | a noun or pronoun that comes between the action verb and the direct object and tells to what or to whom or for what or for whom the action of the verb is done. |
Direct Object | tells what or whom after an action verb. Receives the action of the verb and shows the result of the action. |
Predicate Nominative | a noun or pronoun that follows a linking verb and identifies the subject or refers to it. |
Predicate Adjective | an adjective that follows a linking verb and describes the subject. |
Subject Complement | completes the meaning of a linking verb and identifies or describes the subject. |
Coordinating Conjunction | connects words or group of words used in the same way. |
Corrletive Conjunction | pairs of conjunctions tht connect words or groups of words used in the same way. |
Object of the Preposition | always used in the objective case. |