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English Workshop Third Course

Terms in this set (39)

noun
a word used to name a person, a place, a thing, or an idea
proper noun
a noun that is particular and capitalized
concrete noun
a word that names an object that can be perceived by senses
compound noun
two or more words used together as a single noun
pronoun
a word used in place of a noun or more than one noun
antecedent
the word that gives a pronoun meaning
adjective
a word used to modify nouns and pronouns. These also include articles.
verb
a word used to express an action or a state of being
transitive verb
an action verb that expresses an action directed toward a person or thing named in the sentence
intransitive verb
a verb expressing action (or tells something about the subject) without passing the action from a subject to an object
linking verb
a link between a noun and an adjective
verb phrase
phrase consisting of a main verb preceded by at least one helping verb
adverb
a word used to modify a verb, an adjective, or another verb
preposition
a word used to show the relationship of a noun or pronoun to some other word in the sentence
conjunction
a word used to join words or groups of words
coordinating conjunction
conjunctions that connect items of the same kind
correlative conjunction
conjunctions used in pairs
interjection
a word used to express emotion
sentence
a group of words that contains a subject and a verb that concludes with punctuation.
subject
the part of a sentence that names the person or thing spoken about
predicate
all the words that say something about the subject
simple subject
main word or group of words within the complete subject
simple predicate
the main word or group of words with in the complete predicate
understood subject
when the sentence implies the subject
compound subject
two or more subjects joined by a conjunction with the same verb
complement
a word or group of words that completes the meaning of a predicate
subject complement
a noun, pronoun, or adjective that follows a linking verb
predicate nominative
noun or pronoun in the predicate that explains or identifies the subject of a sentence
predicate adjective
an adjective in the predicate
objects
complements that do not refer to the subject
direct object
a noun or pronoun that receives the action of the verb or shows the result of an action
indirect object
a noun or pronoun that precedes the direct object
declarative sentence
sentence that makes a statement
imperative sentence
sentence that gives a command
interrogative sentence
a question
exclamatory sentence
sentence that expresses strong feeling
phrase
a group of related words that is used as a single part of speech and does not contain a subject and/or predicate
prepositional phrase
a group of words consisting of a preposition, noun, or pronoun that serves as the object of the preposition
adjective phrase
prepositional phrase that modifies a noun or pronoun
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