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JH English final

Terms in this set (19)

Simple Subject
The main noun in the complete subject is often called the simple subject.

example: the cat is starving.
Complete Subject
Complete Subject A complete subject contain a subject and a verb and expresses a complete thought.

example: the kittens are in the basket.
Simple Predicate
The verb phrase is often called the simple predicate.

example: gingers fur flew through the air.
Complete Predicate
The complete predicate of a sentence consists of the verb and any words related to it.

Example: With the rising temperature, the snow began to rise.
Direct Object
A direct object is a noun or pronoun that recieves the action of the verb.

Example: My older brother found a grass snake
Subject Complement
A complement is a word or group of words that completes the meaning of a sentence.

Example: Toni bought cars
Interrogative Pronoun
An interrogative pronoun is used to begin a question

Example: What did the doctor say?
Intensive Pronoun
An intensive pronoun simply adds emphasize to a noun or pronoun in a sentence.

Example: The mayor herself attened the carnival
Reflexive Pronoun
A reflexive pronoun directs the action of the verb toward its subject.

Example: Joy helped herself to some turkey
Action Verb
An action verb tells what someone or something is doing.

Example: Father carries the ladder
Helping Verb
Helping verbs are added before another verb to make a verb phrase.

Example: Might have run
Linking Verb
A linking verb that connects a subject with a word that describes and identifies
Adjective
An adjective is a noun or pronoun
Article
"The" is a definite article. It points to specific person, place, thing, or idea. "A" and "An" are indefinte articles. They point to any people in the group of similiar people, places, things, or ideas.

Example: Mr. Ryan is the man to call.
I want to see a game.
Please take an apple.
Adverb
If a verb, adjective, or an adverb is modified by a word, that modifying word is an adverb.

Example: Lumberjacks work hard.
Preposition
A preposition relates a noun or pronoun following it to another word in the sentence.

Example: The duck floated on the surface of the pond
Object of the Preposition
The noun or pronoun following the preposition is the object of the preposition.

Example: in water
Prepositional Phrase
A preposition in a sentence always introduces a prepostional phrase.

Example: The broken panel was outside the spacecraft.
Coordinating Conjunctions
A conjunction connects words or group of words.

Example: and, but, for, so, nor, or, yet
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