grammar Flashcards
answers question “whom/what?” action of the verb is reflected upon
direct object
answers question “for whom/what?”, before direct object,
indirect object
verb carries action onto direct object
“he built a statue”
transitive verb
verb does not carry the action onto a direct object
“he builds a statue in the living room”
intransitive verb
verb that does not reflect onto the predicate noun/adjective but rather serves as a linking of congruency as it represents a state of being and just connects either the adjective or noun to being associated or equivalent to the subject
linking verb
used to associated subject with linking verb with another person place thing or idea
“She smells like flowers” (linking verbs are state of being and often the 5 senses) She–> flowers
appear is a linking verb
predicate noun
used to associate subject and linking verb with a description/definiton
“her cousin is funny” –> cousin = funny
predicate adjective
“the rain ruined the game” vs “ the game was ruined by the rain”
active vs passive
direct object vs predicate word
direct object- what the action was reflected upon vs making the words equal
subject - pronoun
ex. that is hers.
predicate pronoun