GRAMMAR Flashcards

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What is the Predicate Nominative?

Charlie Brown is a bald child with a dog.

A

Part of a sentence that describes the subject.

“…a bald child with a dog”
Before this, ‘is’ is called the LINKING VERB

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What is a predicate?

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the part of a sentence or clause containing a verb and stating something about the subject
(e.g., ‘went home’ in “John went home” ).

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CLAUSE VS SENTENCE VS PHRASE

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Clauses include sentences and non-sentences, they are a broad category that is defined as containing at the minimum a SUBJECT and RELATED VERB. Clauses can be a sentence or a sentence can contain many clauses.

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