Grammar Terms
Terms
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- Action Verb
- shows action
- Appositive
- noun or pronoun that follows and renames another noun or pronoun
- Prepositional Phrase
- group of words beginning with preposition and ending with noun or pronoun
- Direct Object
- follows an action verb; noun or pronoun
- Compound Sentence
- two or more independent clauses
- Simple Sentence
- one independent clause
- Independent Clause
- can usually stand alone; doesn't start with a relative pronoun or subordinating conjuction
- Adverb
- modifies adjectives, verbs, and other adverbs; tells how, when, where, to what extent
- Subject
- part of sentence about which something is said; must be noun, pronoun, gerund, or infinitive
- Intransitive Verb
- doesn't take a direct object
- Adjective
- modifies nouns and pronouns; articles: a, an, the
- Helping Verb
- "helps" an action verb or linking verb
- Personal Pronoun
- takes the place of a noun; 1st person: "me" 2nd person: "you" 3rd person: everyone else
- Object of Preposition
- follows preposition and tells "what?"
- Coordinating Conjunction
- joins words, phrases, and clauses; FANBOYS: for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so
- Noun
- person, place, thing, idea
- Transitive Verb
- takes a direct object
- Preposition
- shows relationship between a noun or pronoun and some other word in the sentence