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| active voice | The condition in which the subject of a sentence is doing the action |
| adjective | A word that describes a noun or pronoun |
| adverb | A word that describes a verb, an adjective, or another adverb |
| clause | A group of words with a subject and a predicate |
| collective noun | A word that represents a group that usually acts as a single unit |
| conjunction | A word that joins words, phrases, or clauses |
| direct object | A word or phrase that helps complete the meaning of a sentence by receiving the action of the verb |
| fragment | An incomplete sentence that may or may not have meaning |
| indirect object | A word that receives the action that the verb makes on the direct object |
| interjection | A word that expresses surprise or strong feeling |
| noun | A word that names a person, place, or thing |
| passive voice | The condition in which the subject of a sentence is receiving the action |
| phrase | A group of related words with no subject or predicate |
| possessive noun | A noun that shows ownership |
| predicate | Everything said by, to, or about the subject in a sentence |
| preposition | A word that connects a noun or pronoun to other words in the sentence |
| pronoun | A word that takes the place of a noun |
| pronoun antecedent | The noun or noun phrase that is replaced by a pronoun |
| sentence | A group of related words that contains a subject and a predicate and expresses a complete thought |
| subject | The person who is speaking, the person who is spoken to, or the person, place, or thing spoken about in a sentence |
| verb | A word or phrase that describes the action, state of being, or condition of the subject of a sentence |
| verb tense | An indication of the time an action takes place |
