Grammar Pg 24-31 Flashcards
(23 cards)
What is the subject in the sentence
Jim is nice
Jim
Simple subject
Only who or what the subject is about
Simple subject
A happy miss Levin spoke with great passion about grammar
Miss Levin
Complete subject
All the compliments and modifiers plus a subject
Complete subject
A Happy miss Levin spoke with great passion about grammar
Happy miss Levin
Predicate
Tells what the subject does (verb)
Simple predicate
The verb or verb phrase
Simple predicate
A happy miss Levin spoke with great passion about grammar
Spoke
Complete predicate
The complete sentence, excluding the complete subject
Complete predicate
A happy miss Levin spoke with great passion about grammar
Spoke with great passion about grammar
Linking verbs
Links a subject of the sentence to a word in the predicate
Don’t show actions. Come from “to be” am, is, are, was, were, be, been
Linking verb
Jim was class president
Was
Predicate nominatives
Noun
Word in the predicate that renames the subject
Predicate nominatives
Miss levin is a teacher
Teacher
Predicate adjective’s
Word in the predicate that describes the subject
Predicate adjective’s
Miss Levin is sad
Sad
Action verbs
Verbs that show in action. May take direct or indirect objects. Not every action verb has a direct or indirect object
Action verbs
- Miss Levin drove to school
- miss Levin wrote a letter
Drove
Wrote
Direct object
Receives the action of the verb
Direct object
Jim hit Charlie
Charlie
Indirect object
To whom or for whom or two what or for what the action is intended. Indirect objects never have to or for in front of them
Indirect object
Meteorologists give hurricane names
Hurricanes names
Names= direct /hurricanes= indirect
Subject
Who or what the sentences about
