| A | B |
| Complete predicate | All the words in a predicate |
| Complete subject | All the words in the subject; may be one or many words |
| Compound Predicate | Made up of two or more predicates joined by a conjunction |
| Compound Sentence | Two short, simple sentence combined into one sentence with a comma and a conjunction |
| Compound Subject | Made up of two or more subjects joined by a conjunction |
| Predicate | Tells what the subject does or is |
| Simple predicate | Verb or verb phrase; the most important word in the predicate |
| Simple Sentence | One subject and one predicate; either may be compound |
| Simple subject | Usually a noun or pronoun; the most important word in the complete subject |
| Subject | Tells whom or what the sentence does or is about |
| Verb Phrase | Made up of two parts: a main verb and one or more helping verbs |
| Inverted order | The predicate comes before the subject. |
| Appositive | noun or noun phrase that renames another noun right beside it usually set off with commas. |