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Adverb

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𝕄𝕠𝕕𝕚𝕗𝕚𝕖𝕤 𝕒 𝕧𝕖𝕣𝕓 𝕒𝕕𝕛 𝕠𝕣 𝕒𝕕𝕧✨

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❤︎simple predicate❤︎

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𝕋𝕙𝕖 𝕞𝕒𝕚𝕟 𝕧𝕖𝕣𝕓 𝕨𝕠𝕣𝕕𝕤 𝕚𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕡𝕣𝕖𝕕𝕚𝕔𝕒𝕥𝕖

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Adjective

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modifies/describes nounᴗ

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Noun

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person place thing idea

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Verb

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tell what the subject does/is (action/linking)

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Action verb

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tell what the subject does

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Linking verb

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tell what the subject is (links the subject to the predicate)

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Direct Object

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receive the action of the verb

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Indirect Object

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receives the direct object

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Complete Predicate ᴗ

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the verb and all of the words that complete the verbs meaning

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Helping Verb

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help the main verb express action or show time

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Complete Subject🩷

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all the words that tell to whom or what the sentence is about

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Simple Subject

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the main word/words in the complete subject

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Verb Phrase

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main verb & 1 or more helping verbs🩷

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Present Participle🌸

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a verb ending in -ING used as an adjective (ex: the flickering lights were spooky.)

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❤︎Past Participle:❤︎

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same as pres part but past tense - ED (ex: The children played with the excited dog)

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Compound Noun

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a noun made up of 2 words combined (backpack, campsite, classroom..)🌸

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Implied subject

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when “you” is the unwritten subject (of a command) ᴗ

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Predicate Noun🌸

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a noun that follows a linking verb and identifies, renames, or defines the subject

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Subject Complement

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follow linking verbs (PN or PA)identifies, renames, or defines the subject

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🩷Predicate Adjective🩷

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follows a linking verb and describes a quality of the subject

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Implied subject

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when “you” is the unwritten subject (of a command)

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Predicate Noun ᴗ

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a noun that follows a linking verb and identifies, renames, or defines the subject

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Subject Complement

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follow linking verbs (PN or PA)identifies, renames, or defines the subject

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Predicate Adjective🌸

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follows a linking verb and describes a quality of the subject

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Conjunction

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connecting words - connect phrases and clauses

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Inverted Sentence

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the verb comes before the subject

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Declarative

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Statements- end in .

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Imperative

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commands and - end in ./!🌸

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Interrogative

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questions - end in ?

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Exclamatory✨

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exclamations or interjections, end in !

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Antecedent ᴗ

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the noun a pronoun refers/points back to

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Pronoun

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✨replace nouns✨

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❤︎Abstract Noun❤︎

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intangible/ideas/concepts

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Collective Noun ♡🦋

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group nouns (team, family)

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Compound Subject:

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two or more subjects in the same sentence sharing the same verb

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Common Noun✨

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not capitalized, general

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Proper Noun

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capitalized, specific.❤︎❤︎❤︎

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Prepositional phrases

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give more info about the sentence. Include a preposition, object of the preposition, and any words between them.

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Object of the preposition

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a noun that ends the prepositional phrase

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Concrete Noun ♡🦋

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made of matter, you can experience it with your senses

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Plural Noun🌸

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more than one person, place, thing, idea

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Possessive Noun

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show ownership (normally ‘ or ‘s)🌸

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Object Pronouns

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me, us her, him, them, it

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Subject Pronouns✨

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I, we, they, she, he, it

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Reflexive Pronouns ♡🦋

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point back to the subject across the verb (I made this test myself.)

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Intensive Pronouns

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Intensify the subject right next to it

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❤︎Demonstrative Pronouns❤︎

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Pointing pronouns - that this these those

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Interrogative Pronouns

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question pronouns- who what when where why how🩷

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Possessive Pronouns🌸

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ownership pronouns- whose, whom, his, her, hers, theirs, mine, my, ours, yours, your, its

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Contractions

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combined subject pronouns and verbs- they’re, we’re, you’re, it’s, I’m, I’ll, you’ll, we’ll …❤︎

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✨Compound Noun✨

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a noun made up of 2 words combined (backpack, campsite, classroom..)

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