| Term | Definition |
|---|
| sentence | A group of words expressing a complete thought |
| simple subject | The main word in the complete subject |
| predicate | The predicate or the sentence is the part that says something about the subject. |
| simple predicate | The simple predicate or verb is the main word or group of the complete predicate |
| compound subject | A compound subject consists of two or more connected subjects that have the same verb. The usual connecting words are and and or. |
| compound verb | A compound verb consists of two or more connecting verbs that have same subject. |
| declarative sentence | makes a statement |
| imperative sentence | gives a command |
| interrogative sentence | asks a question |
| exclamatory sentence | expresses excirement |
| noun | A word that names a person, place, thing or idea. |
| proper noun | A word that names a particular person, place, thing or idea. |
| common noun | A word that does not name a particular person, place, thing or idea. |
| pronoun | A word used in place of a noun. It may stand for a person, place, thing or idea. |
| personal pronouns | I, me, my, mine, you, your, yours, he, him, his, she, her, hers, it, its, we, us, our, ours, they, them, their, theirs |
| indefinite pronouns | anybody, each, either, none, someone |
| interrogative pronouns | who, whom, what, which, whose |
| demonstrative pronouns | this, that, these, those |
| possesive pronouns | mine, yours, his, hers, ours, theirs |
| antecedent | The noun that the pronoun stands for. |
| adjective | A word that modifies an noun or pronoun |
| articles | a, and, the (adjectives) |
| verb | A word that expresses an action or otherwise helps to make a statement |
| action verb | A verb that expresses mental or physical action. |
| linking verb | A verb that does not show action but connects the subject with a word in the predicate. |
| examples of linking verbs | am, is, are, was, were, have been, has been, had been, will be, shall be, may be, might be, can be, should be, would have been, appear, grow, seem, stay, become, look, smell, taste, feel, remain, sound |
| helping verb | A verb that helps the main verb to express action or make a statement |
| examples of helping verbs | am, is, are, was were, be, been, has, have, had, do, does, may, might, must, can,could, shall, should, will, would |
| adverb | A word that modifies a vebr, an adjective or another adverb |
| preposition | A word that shows the relationship between a noun or pronoun and some other word in the sentence. |
| examples of prepositions | aboard, about, above, across, after, against, along, among, around, at, before, behind, below, beneath, beside, between, beyond, by down, during, except, for, from, in, into, like, of, off, on, over, past, since, through, throughout, to, toward, under, underneath, until, up, upon, with, within, without |
| conjunction | A word that joins words or groups together |
| examples of conjunctions | and, but, or, for, |
| correlative conjunctions | either..or, neither...nor, both..and, not only...but also |
| interjection | An exclamatory word that expresses strong emotion. It has no grammatical relationship to the rest of the sentence. |
| examples of interjections | ouch, goodness, wow, aha, oops |
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