i like turtles Flashcards
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simple subject
the main noun or pronoun
complete subject
all of the words that tell whom or what the sentence is about
simple predicate
the verb that tells exactly what the does or is.
complete predicate
the verb and all of the words that tell what the subject does or is
compound subject
two or more subjects that share the same verb
compound predicate
two or more predicates that have the same subject
run on sentence
two or more sentences without the proper conjunctions and punctuation
complex sentence
a sentence that contains two related clauses by a conjunction other than and, but, or or.
subordinating conjunctions
appear at the beginning or in the middle of a complex sentence
noun
a person, place, thing, event, or idea
object of a prepositional phrase
the noun or pronoun that follows the preposition
prepositional phrase
a group of words that tell more about a important part of a sentence
appositives
tell more about the nouns they follow
simple sentence
expresses one complete thought
compound sentence
two simple sentences joined by a comma and a conjunction
conjunction
joins words or groups of words
coordinating conjunctions
join two words or word group of the same grammatical rank or importance
verb
shows what the subject does or is
collective noun
describe a group of people or things
closed syllable
a syllable that ends in one or more consonants
open syllable
divide after the first vowel
present-tense verb
tell what is happening now
present progressive verb
show action that is continuing over time
past tense
tell actions in the past
