chapter 1
ms.allen
Terms
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- complete sentence
- has two basic parts: a subject and a predicate
- linking verb
- tells what the subject is.
- subject complement
- is a word or group of words that follows a linking verb and renames or describes the subject.
- simple predicte
- or verb, is the main word or words in the complete predicate.
- prdicate noun
- follows a linking verb and defines or renames the subject.
- simple subject
- is the main word or words in the complete subject
- main verb
- can stand by itself as the simple predicate of a sentence.
- sentence fragment
- is a part ofa sentence that is written as if it were a complete sentence.
- compound verb
- is made up of two or more verbs that have the same subject
- imperative . !
- tells or asks someone to do something; usally ends with a period but may end with a exclamation point.
- direct object
- is a word or group of word or group of words that names the reciver of the action verb.
- complete predicate
- includes the verb and all the words that complete the verb's meaning.
- indirect object
- is a word or group of words that tell whom or what (or for whom or what) an action is performed
- complete subject
- includes alol the words that tell whom or what the sentence is about.
- interrogative ?
- asks a question; always ends with a question mark.
- predicate adjective
- follows a linking verb and describe a quality of the subject.
- verb
- is a word used to express an action, a condition, or a state of being.
- sentence
- is a group of words that expresses a complete thought.
- action verb
- tels what the subject does
- verb phrase
- is made up of a main verb and one or more helping verbs.
- exclamatory !
- shows strong feelings; always ends with an exclamation point.
- run-on sentence
- is two or more sentenceswritten as though they were a single sentence.
- declarative .
- makes a statement; always ends with a period..
- compound subject
- is made up of two or more subjects that share the same verb