| Term | Definition |
|---|
| OBJECT OF THE PREPOSITION | IS A NOUN OR PRONOUN THAT COMES AT THE END OF A PREPOSITIONAL PHRASE. |
| DIRECT OBJECT | NOUN OR PRONOUN THAT COMES AFTER THE PREDICATE AND ANSWERS THE QUESTIONS WHOM OR WHAT. |
| SUBJECT OF A SENTENCE | HE NOUN OR PRONOUN THAT ANSWERS THE QUESTIONS WHO OR WHAT. |
| COMPOUND SUBJECT | A SENTENCE HAS TWO OR MORE NOUNS USED AS THE SUBJECT |
| COMPOUND PREDICATE | SOMETIMES A SENTENCE HAS TWO OR MORE VERBS USED AS THE PREDICATE |
| INDIRECT OBJECT | NOUN OR PRONOUN THAT TELLS TO WHOM OR FOR WHOM SOMETHING IS DONE OR GIVEN |
| BEING VERBS | AM, IS, ARE, WAS, WERE, BE, BEING, BEEN |
| AUXILIARY/HELPING | AM, IS, ARE, WAS, WERE, BE, BEING, BEEN, SHALL, WILL, MAY, CAN, HAS, HAVE, HAD, DO, DOES, DID, SHOULD, WOULD, MIGHT, COULD, MUST. |
| COPULATIVE/LINKING VERBS | VERBS LINK THE SUBJECT WITH A NOUN, PRONOUN OR ADJECTIVE |
| COPULATIVE/LINKING VERBS ARE | AM IS ARE WAS WERE BE BEING BEEN APPEAR BECOME CONTINUE FEEL GROW LOOK REMAIN SEEM SMELL SOUND TASTE |
| SUBJECTIVE COMPLEMENT | A NOUN, PRONOUN, OR ADJECTIVE THAT FOLLOWS A LINKING (COPULATIVE) VERB AND REFERS TO THE SUBJECT. (ALSO CALLED PREDICATE NOMINATIVE [NOUN/PRONOUN] AND PREDICATE ADJECTIVE [ADJECTIVE]). |
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