ENGLISH P Flashcards

1
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words or word group that tells whom or what the sentence is about

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SUBJECT

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2
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tells something about the subject

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PREDICATE

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3
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main word or word group that tells whom or what the sentence is about

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SIMPLE SUBJECT

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4
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consists of the simple subject and any word or word group used to modify the simple subject

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COMPLETE SUBJECT

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5
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main word or word group that tells something about the subject

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SIMPLE PREDICATE

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6
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consists of the simple predicate and all the words used to modify the simple predicate and complete its meaning

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COMPLETE PREDICATE

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7
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consists of two or more subjects

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COMPOUND SUBJECTS

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8
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subjects in the sentence is doing more than one action and is shared by two or more verbs

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COMPOUND PREDICATE

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9
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how to find subjects ?

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ASK WHO OR WHAT BEFORE THE VERB

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10
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how to find the predicate?

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WORDS THAT DESCRIBE THE ACTION BUT NOT THE SUBJECT

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11
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sentences in which the verb comes before the subject are inverted

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SENTENCE INVERSION

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12
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word group that contains a subject

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SENTENCE

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13
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word or word group that completes the meaning of a verb

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COMPLEMENTS

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14
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objects are always nouns or pronouns

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OBJECTS

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15
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receive the action of the verb , answers what or who

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DIRECT OBJECT

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16
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recipient of the direct object

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INDIRECT OBJECT

17
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prepositional phrase consisting of a preposition usually followed by an article

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OBJECTS OF A PREPOSITION

18
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complement that may help complete the meaning of a transitive verb by identifying or modifying the direct object

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OBJECTIVE COMPLEMENT

19
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I am a writer

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PREDICATE NOMINATIVE

20
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I am happy

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PREDICATE ADJECTIVE

21
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makes a statement and generally has a period at the end of it

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DECLARATIVE SENTENCE

22
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a fancy anme for a sentence that asks a question

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INTERROGATIVE SENTENCE

23
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a fancy name for sentence that gives a command usually ends with a period

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IMPERATIVE SENTENCE

24
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espresses an emotion and ends with exclamation point

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EXCLAMATORY SENTENCE

25
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refers to any ordering of units or elevels on a scale of size abstraction or subordination

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SYNTACTIC HIERARCHY

26
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smallest to largest in syntactic hierarchy

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PHONEME
MORPHEME
WORD
PHRASE
CLAUSE
SENTENCE
TEXT

27
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words phrases clauses sentence constitute

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GRAMMATICAL HIERARCHY

28
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only acts as single part of a speech

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PHRASE

29
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group of two or more words headed by a noun that includes modifiers

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NOUN PHRASE

30
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always appear in phrases which all have pretty much the same structure: preposition , noun , pronoun

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PREPOSITIONAL PHRASE

31
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tells what kind in the prepositional phrase

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ADJECTIVIAL PHRASE

32
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tells where and modifies the evrb in the prepositional phrase

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ADVERBIAL PHRASE

33
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when we chnage a verb into different part of speech

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VERBAL PHRASE

34
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noun made from the -ing form of a verb

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GERUND

35
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come from the verb but now are adjectives

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PARTICIPLE

36
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verbs with the word “ to “ infront of it

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INFINITIVE

37
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word or grouo that describe a noun or pronoun that comes right before it

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APPOSITIVE