English Midterm Grammar
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Latin | English |
|---|---|
| independent clause |  expresses a complete thought and can stand by itself as a sentence |
| dependent (subordinate) clause | Contains a subject and a verb, but CANNOT stand alone as a sentence. Clarifies or adds to the meaning of the independent clause. |
| subject | tells whom or what the sentence is about |
| predicate | tells what the subject is or does |
| direct object | the object that receives the direct action of the verb |
| indirect object | comes after the verb, but before the direct object. Names the person or thing that recieves something, or for which something is done. |
| noun | a word that can be used to refer to a person or place or thing |
| pronoun | a function word that is used in place of a noun or noun phrase |
| adjective | a word that modifies a noun or pronoun |
| verb | a content word that denotes an action or a state |
| adverb | modifies a verb, an adjective, or another adverb |
| preposition | a function word that combines with a noun or pronoun or noun phrase to form a prepositional phrase that can have an adverbial or adjectival relation to some other word |
| conjunction | a word that joins words or groups of words |
| interjection | a word or phrase sometimes inserted between other words, often expressing emotion; a word not linked grammatically to other words in a sentence |
| prepositional phrase | a phrase consisting of a preposition, a noun or pronoun that serves as the object of the preposition, and any modifiers |
| participial phrase | A participial phrase consists of a participle and its related words, such as modifiers and compliments, all of which act together as an adjective |
| appositive phrase | a group of words that includes an appositive and other words that describe the appositive |
| gerund phrase | Begins with noun form of verb ending in -ing, plus any modifiers or complements |
| infinitive phrase | will begin with an infinitive [to + simple form of the verb] and include objects and/or modifiers |
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