grammer terms
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- Linking verb
- a verb that expresses being and links or connects the subject to either a noun or an adjective.
- indirect object
- a word that indirectly receives or is affected by the action of a verb. it is one of the functions of a noun. It must come after an action verb and before the direct object. It asnwer that questions To whom? To What? For Whom? or For what?
- preposition:
- a word that joins or shows a relationship between a noun or pronoun and some otehr word in the sentence. it always begins a prepositional phrase.
- object of the preposition
- the noun or pronoun that appears at the end of a prepositional phrase.
- interjection:
- a word that expresses a strong or sudden emotion and has no grammatical relationship with other words in teh sentence.
- conjunction:
- a word that joins words or groups of words of equal rank.
- predicate adjective
- an adjective that comes after a linking verb and describes or limits the subject (hint- if the adjective after a linking verb is in front of a noun, it usually modifies that noun and is not a predcate adjective) (hint-repace the linking verb with an equals sign)
- Appositive:
- a noun or pronoun that comes directly after another noun or pronoun and renames that noun or pronoun. It adds information about a particular noun or pronoun. It is one of the functions of a noun.
- Prepositional phrase
- a group of words that begins with a preposition and ends with a noun or pronoun. It can function as a adjective or an adverb (hint- the adjective phrase almost always appears right after the noun it modifies, while the adverb pharse cna appear either beofre or after teh word it modifies) (hint-prepositional phrases at the begining of a sentence is almost always adverb phrases)
- noun:
- a word that names a person, animal place, thing, idea or feeling.
- adjective:
- a word that describes or limits a noun or pronoun by telling which one, what kind or how many. (note-sometimes nouns and pronouns function as adjectives in a sentence)
- verb:
- a word that expresses an action or a state of being
- pronoun:
- a word that takes the place of a noun
- colon:
- a punctuation mark used to indicate that something is following. it is a signal that says, "note whwat follows."
- adverb:
- a word that describes or limits a verb, adjective or other adverb and asnwers the questions. how? When? where? or to what extent? (note-sometimes nouns function as adverbs)
- semicolon:
- a punctuation mark used in place of a coordinating conjunction to join two independent clauses and to emphasize the close relationship between the two phrases.
- predicate noun
- a noun or pronoun that comes after a linking verb and renames or indentifies the subject. It is one of the functions of a noun. (hint-repace the linking verb with an equals sign)
- direct object
- a word that receives the action of its verb. it is always a noun or pronoun because it is one of the functions of a noun. It answers the question What? or Whom? after an action verb. Not all sentences have a direct object.