| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Subject | The thing we are talking about. |
| Predicate | What we say about the subject. |
| Complement | Nouns,Pronouns,and Adjectives used to complete the verb. |
| Sentence | is made up of single parts of speech to express a complete thought. |
| direct object | noun or noun equivalent that completes the verb and recieves action expressed in the verb. |
| indirect object | word or words denoting the person or thing indirectly affected by the action.Person to which something is given or for which something is done. |
| predicate noun | renames or re-identifies the subject |
| gerund | verbal used as a noun |
| participle | verbal used as an adjective |
| infintive | verbal consisting of the simplest form of the verb proceeded by to |
| phrase | group of related words generally having neither subject nor predicate and used as though it were a single word |
| gerund phrase | consists of a gerund and it's complement or modifiers |
| participal phrase | consists of a participal and it's complement or modifiers |
| infinitive phrase | consists of an infinitive and it's complement and any fo it's modifiers |
| prep phrase | consists of a prep followed by a noun or pronoun used as it's object together with any modifiers it may have |
| appositive phrase | is a word or phrase that explains,identifies,or renames the word it follows |
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