| A | B |
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| simple subject | key noun or pronoun |
| compound subject | two or more simple subjects that are joined by a conjunction and have the same verb |
| simple predicate | verb or verb phrase that expresses the essential thought |
| compound predicate | two or more verbs or verb phrases that are joined by a conjunction |
| complete subject | simple subject and all the words that modify it |
| complete predicate | simple predicate and all the words that modify it |
| singular noun | one person, place, idea, or idea |
| plural noun | more than one person, place, thing or idea |
| common noun | general class of people,place, things, or ideas |
| proper noun | particular person, place, things, or ideas |
| possessive noun | shows ownership, or relationship between two nouns |
| verb | expresses action or a state of being |
| action verb | tells what someone or something does |
| transitive verb | followed by a direct object-answers the question what? or whom? |
| intransitive verb | not followed by a direct object |
| linking verb | joins the subject with an adjective or a noun |
| present | she speaks |
| past tense | she spoke |
| future tense | she will speak |
| present perfect tense | she has spoken |
| past perfect tense | she had spoken |
| future perfect tense | she will have spoken |
| progressive verb | expresses continuing action-ends in ing |
| personal pronoun | refers to a specific person or thing |
| reflexive pronoun | refers to the subject-Sue prepares herself |
| antecedent | is a word or group of words to which a pronoun refers-the huge old trees held their own against the storm |
| adjective | describes or modifies a noun or pronoun |
| article | a, an, the |
| double negative | I have not seen no cats. |
| preposition | shows the relationship of a noun or pronoun to some other word |
