ENGLISH P Flashcards
words or word group that tells whom or what the sentence is about
SUBJECT
tells something about the subject
PREDICATE
main word or word group that tells whom or what the sentence is about
SIMPLE SUBJECT
consists of the simple subject and any word or word group used to modify the simple subject
COMPLETE SUBJECT
main word or word group that tells something about the subject
SIMPLE PREDICATE
consists of the simple predicate and all the words used to modify the simple predicate and complete its meaning
COMPLETE PREDICATE
consists of two or more subjects
COMPOUND SUBJECTS
subjects in the sentence is doing more than one action and is shared by two or more verbs
COMPOUND PREDICATE
how to find subjects ?
ASK WHO OR WHAT BEFORE THE VERB
how to find the predicate?
WORDS THAT DESCRIBE THE ACTION BUT NOT THE SUBJECT
sentences in which the verb comes before the subject are inverted
SENTENCE INVERSION
word group that contains a subject
SENTENCE
word or word group that completes the meaning of a verb
COMPLEMENTS
objects are always nouns or pronouns
OBJECTS
receive the action of the verb , answers what or who
DIRECT OBJECT
recipient of the direct object
INDIRECT OBJECT
prepositional phrase consisting of a preposition usually followed by an article
OBJECTS OF A PREPOSITION
complement that may help complete the meaning of a transitive verb by identifying or modifying the direct object
OBJECTIVE COMPLEMENT
I am a writer
PREDICATE NOMINATIVE
I am happy
PREDICATE ADJECTIVE
makes a statement and generally has a period at the end of it
DECLARATIVE SENTENCE
a fancy anme for a sentence that asks a question
INTERROGATIVE SENTENCE
a fancy name for sentence that gives a command usually ends with a period
IMPERATIVE SENTENCE
espresses an emotion and ends with exclamation point
EXCLAMATORY SENTENCE