| A | B |
| suffix | added to the end of a word |
| prefix | added to the beginning of words |
| root | basic meaning of the word |
| noun | person, place, thing, or idea |
| present perfect tense | helping verb has or have |
| past perfect tense | have helping verb had |
| Adjectives | describe nouns: how many? what kind? which one? |
| Adverbs | words that describe verbs: when, where, why, how, to what extent |
| pronoun | takes the place of a noun |
| Phrase | group of words, single word |
| Clause | group of words with subject and predicate |
| independent clauses/simple sentence | subject and predicate and complete thought |
| dependent clause | must combine with an independent clause |
| compound sentence | two sentence/independent clauses joined by coordinating conjunction |
| complex sentence | one independent clause and one or more dependent clauses |