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English terms

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action verb
a verb that expresses action
active voice
a sentence in which the subject acts
adverb
modifies a verb, an adjective, or another adverb
antecedent
the word to which a pronoun refers
antonym
has the opposite meaning of another words
apostrophe
a mark used to show where a letter or letters have been left out of a contraction
appositive
a noun or phrase that identifies or modifies or explains the noun it follows
clause
a group of words that contains a subject and a predicate
common noun
names any one of a class of objects
complete predicate
the part of the sentence that includes all the words that state action or condition of the subject
complex sentence
contains one independent clause and one or more subordinate clauses
compound predicate
two or more simple predicates
complete subject
the part of the sentence that includes all the words that tell who or what the sentence is about
compound sentence
sentence that contains 2 independent caluses
compound subject
two or more simple subjects
compound word
a word made of two or more other words
conjunction
a word used to join words or a group of words
connotation
suggests something positive or negative
contraction
a word formed by joining two other words
declarative sentence
a sentence that makes a statements
demonstrative adjective
points out a specific person or thing
denotation
the exact meaning of a word
direct object
who or what receives the action of the verb
exclamatory sentence
sentence that explains strong emotion
helping verb
used to help the main verb of a sentence
homograph
has the same spelling of another word but a different meaning and sometimes a different pronounciation
homonym
sounds like another word but has a different meaning and spelling
idiom
an expression that has a different meaning from the usual meanings of the individual words within it
imperative sentence
sentence that expresses a command or request
indefinite pronoun
does not refer to a specific person or thing
independent clause
clause that can stand alone as a sentence because it expresses a complete thought
interrogative sentence
sentence that asks a question
intransitive verb
does not need an object
inverted order
the order of a sentence when all or part of the predicate comes before the subject
limiting adjective
the article a, an, and the
linking verb
a verb that links the subject to a word that either describes the subject or gives the subject another name
natural order
the order of the sentence when the subject comes before all or part of the predicate
object of the preposition
noun or pronoun in the prepositional phrase
participle
a present or past tense verb used as an adjective
passive voice
a sentence in which the subject receives the action
phrase
a group of closely related words used as a single part of speech but does not contain a subject and a verb
possessive noun
shows the possession of the noun that follows it
possessive pronoun
used to show ownership
predicate
the part of the sentence that tells what the subject does or what happens to the subject
prepositional phrase
a group of words at begins with a preposition and ends with a noun or pronoun
pronoun
a word that takes the place of a noun
proper adjective
is formed from a proper noun
proper noun
a noun that names a particular person, place , or thing and is capitalized
prefix
a syllable added to the front of a a base word and changes the meaning of the word
relative pronoun
relates an adjective clause to the noun or pronoun the clause modifies
run-on sentence
two or more independent clauses that are run together without proper punctuation
sentence
expresses a complete thought
simple predicate
the verb in the complete predicate
simple sentence
contains only one independent clause
simple subject
the main word in the complete subject
subject
the part of a sentence that tells who or what the sentence is about
subject pronoun
a pronoun used in the subject of a sentence and after a linking verb
subordinate clause
has a subject and a verb but is not a sentence because it doesn't express a complete thought
subordinating conjunction
introduces an adverb clause
suffix
a syllable added to the end of a base word that changes the meaning
synonym
a word that has the same or nearly the same meaning as one or more words
transitive verb
has a direct object
verb
word that expresses action, being, or a state of being
verb phrase
a main verb and one or more helping verbs
verb tense
tells the time of action or being
verbal
a verb form that functions as a noun or adjective
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