Grammar Vocabulary
vocab for grammar 2 go and worksheets. for example a noun is the subject of a sentence. It is the def of all the parts of speech
Terms
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- gerund phrase
- phrase that consists of the gerund and the words that go with it
- predicate adjectives
- adjectives that follow linking verbs and modify the subject
- interrogative adjectives
- when the interrogative pronouns what, which, whose modify nouns
- verbals
- words that are formed from verbs but that do not function as verbs
- phrase
- a group of related words that does not contain both a subject and a verb
- indefinite adjectives
- when the indefinite pronouns each, every, either, neither, another, all, some, many, most, both modify nouns
- predicate
- part of the sentence that includes the verb
- participles
- verbs that function as adjectives
- relative adjectives
- when what, whatever, which, whichever, whose modify nouns
- transitive verbs
- verbs that take direct objects
- prepositional phrase
- phrase that begins with a preposition and ends with a noun or a pronoun called the object of the preposition
- adverbs
- modify verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs and they tell where, when, how, why, and to what degree
- subject complement
- a word that follows a linking verb and renames or describes the subject
- linking verbs
- verbs that link another word to the subject in order to explain or enhance the subject's meaning
- gerunds
- verbs that always end in -ing but function as nouns
- indirect object
- answers the question to whom or what? or for whom or what?
- possessive
- an adjective that shows ownership
- infinitives
- begin with to that is followed by the base form of a verb and act as a noun, adjective, or adverb
- infinitive phrase
- phrase that includes the infinitive and the words that go with it
- adverb phrase
- prepositional phrases that modify verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs and tell where, when, how, why and to what degree about the modified words
- verb phrase
- a phrase that consists of a main verb and its auxiliary (helping) verbs
- proper adjectives
- adjectives that refer to particular persons, places, or things and begin with a capital letter
- interrogative adverbs
- how, when, why, and where
- preposition
- a word that connects nouns and/or pronouns to other words in a sentence
- simple subject
- word that acts or causes the action
- appositive phrases
- a phrase that consists of the appositive and its modifiers
- direct object
- part of the sentence that receives the action
- intransitive verbs
- verbs that do not take direct objects
- adjectives
- modify nouns and pronouns and tell which one, what kind, and how many
- participial phrase
- phrase that contains a participle and the words that go with it
- demonstrative adjectives
- when this, that, these, and those modify nouns
- numerical adjectives
- when numbers (one or first) modify nouns
- articles
- adjectives that modify nouns and pronouns- indefinite( a, an) & definite (the)
- object complement
- always follows the direct object and either describes or renames the direct object
- adjective phrase
- prepositional phrase that describe which one and what kind about a noun or a pronoun
- appositive
- renames a noun or a pronoun and usually follows the noun and identifies, explains, or supplements the meaning of the noun
- auxiliary verbs
- verbs that combine with other verbs to form a verb phrase