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| Noun | Names a person, place, or thing. |
| Verb | Expresses action or helps to make a statement. |
| Preposition | Relates a noun or a pronoun to another word. |
| Adjective | Modifies a noun or pronoun. |
| Adverb | Modifies a verb, adjective, or another adverb. |
| Pronoun | Take the place of a noun |
| Conjunction | Joins words or groups of words. |
| Interjection | Shows strong feeling. |
| Subject | Part of a sentence about which something is being said. |
| Simple Subject | The main word in the complete subject. |
| Predicate | Part of the sentence that says something about the subject. |
| Simple Predicate | The main word in the complete predicate or verb. |
| Direct Object | Receives the action of a verb and answers the question What? or Whom? after an action verb. |
| Indirect Object | Word that comes after the verb and before the direct object that tells to whom or what or for whom or what the action of the verb is done. |
| Predicate Nominative | A noun following a linking verb that explains or renames the subject. |
| Predicate Adjective | An adjective that follow a linking verb that modifies the subject. |
| Prepositional Phrase | A phrase that begins with a preposition and ends with a noun or pronoun. It can be used as an adjective or adverb. |
| Participle | A verb form that can be used as an adjective. |
| Participial Phrase | A group of related words that contains a participle and acts as an adjective. |
| Infinitive | A verb form that can be used as a noun, an adjective, or an adverb. |
| Infinitive Phrase | A group of related words that contains an infinitive and functions as a noun, adjective, or adverb. |
| Clause | A group of words that contains a verb and its subject and is used as PART of a sentence. |
| Independent (main)Clause | Expresses a complete thought and can stand alone as a sentence. |
| Dependent (subordinate) Clause | Does not express a complete thought and cannot stand alone as a sentence. |
| Adjective Clause | A subordinate clause that is used as an adjective to modify a noun or pronoun. |
| Adverb Clause | A subordinate clause that is used as an adverb. |
| Relative Pronoun | A special type of pronoun that usually introduces an adjective clause and refers to the noun or pronoun that the clause modifies. |
| Subordinating Conjunction | A conjunction that introduces an adverb clause. |
| Simple Sentence | A sentence that contains one main clause. |
| Compound Sentence | A sentence that contains two main clauses. |
| Complex Sentence | A sentence that contains one main clause and one or more subordinate clauses. |
