| A | B |
|---|
| verb | part of speech that tells what the subject does or shows a state of being |
| adjective | part of speech that modifies a noun or pronoun |
| adverb | part of speech that modifies a verb, adjective, or another adverb |
| article adjective | 3 most commonly used adjectives a-an-the: noun markers |
| complete subject | the subject and ALL the words that modify the subject |
| complete predicate | the verb and ALL the words that modify the verb |
| simple subject | it is just the subject noun or subject--not all the words that modify the subject |
| simple predicate | another name for the verb--just the verb, not all the other words that modify the verb |
| adverb exception | occurs when you have an adverb immediately before the verb it modifies |
| preposition | a joining word: it joins a noun or pronoun to the rest of the sentence |
| prepositional phrase | starts with the preposition and ends with a noun object; adds meaning to the sentence |
| natural order | a sentence in this order has all the subject parts first; predicate parts after the verb |
| inverted order | a sentence that has some of the predicate parts in the subject part of the sentence |
| SNVP1 | sentence pattern with 2 main parts: subject and verb |
| subject verb agreement | the special way the subject and verb work together: sing. subj=sing. verb or plural subj. =plural verb |
| adjective questions | What kind? Which one? How many? |
| adverb questions | How? When? Where? |
| subject/verb agreement: Rule 1 | singular subjects use singular verb forms |
| subject verb agreement: Rule 2 | plural subjects use plural verb forms |
| subject verb agreement: Rule 3 | the pronoun YOU is considered plural and uses a plural verb form |
