Subject and Predicate Flashcards

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What is a PHRASE?

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A unit of one or more words doing the job of a noun, verb, adjective, adverb, etc, in a sentence. (JC)

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To figure out what each part of a sentence is doing, think of the sentence as a

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a SPINE, or, if diagramming, a LINE

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In sentence diagramming, the horizontal line is

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the spine that holds the SUBJECT and PREDICATE

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What is a SUBJECT?

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the WHO or WHAT this is doing the action

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What is the PREDICATE?

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the VERB PART of the sentence

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Are PREDICATE and VERB interchangeable?

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No, they are not the same thing. The predicate is the part of a sentence that includes the verb and related information.

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Identify the subject and predicate in

Mary is a teacher

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Mary | is a teacher

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What is a PHRASE

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A collection of words that together serve as a part of speech.

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What is a noun phrase?

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a noun with its associated modifiers (adjective, articles)

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Identify the NOUN PHRASE in

THE SUN HAS BEEN SHINING FOR SEVERAL HOURS

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THE SUN

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Identify the verb phrase in

The sun has been shining for several hours

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HAS BEEN SHINING

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Identify the prepositional phrase. What role is it playing?

The sun has been shining for several hours

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FOR SEVERAL HOURS

adverb

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Appositives provide

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additional information–in terms of grammar, it’s information we can live w/o.

appositives usually tell us more about the who or what they modify.

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Identify the appositive phrase in

Ms Scarlet, known also as the lady in red, committed the murder in the drawing room

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KNOWN ALSO AS THE LADY IN RED

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What do ABSOLUTE PHRASES do?

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modify the entire sentence

The singer, HER VOICE HUSKY, gave the song such emotion.

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What does a prepositional phrase consist of?

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the preposition and its object–a noun or something standing in for a noun

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Prepositions serve what function within PREPOSITIONAL PHRASES?

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they serve as the LINKING WORD between their object and what’s being modified

PREPOSITIONS create a relationship between the object of the preposition and what it’s telling us more about.

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What is the difference between a PHRASE and a CLAUSE?

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  • a PHRASE is a group of words working together to serve a common purpose
  • a CLAUSE has a subject and a predicate—i.e., it encompasses multiple parts of speech!
19
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Identify the simple predicate in

Sharon ate everything in the house

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ATE

20
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Identify the complete predicate in

Sharon ate everything in the house

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ate everything in the house.

21
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Hungry Sharon and Ravenous Rey ate and drank everything in the house.

Identify:

(1) Share and Rey
(2) Hungry Sharon and Ravenous Rey

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(1) COMPOUND SUBJECT
(2) COMPLETE SUBJECT