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Singular noun
Definition
names one person,place,thing, or idea.
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Declarative
Definition
makes a statement always ends with period.
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Interrogative
Definition
ask a question always end with question mark.
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Imperative
Definition
tells or ask some one to do somthing end with period or exlamation point.
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Exclamatory
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shows strong feeling about somthing ends with exclamation point.
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Complete sentence
Definition
a subject and a predicate
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Simple subject
Definition
is the main word or words in the complete subject.
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Simple predicate
Definition
is the main wordor words complete predicate.
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Verb phrase
Definition
is made up of a main verb and one or more helping verbs.
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Main verb
Definition
can stand by itself as the simple predicate of a sentence.
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Compound subject
Definition
made up of two or more subjects that share the same verb.
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Compound verb
Definition
is made up of two or more verbs that can have the same subject.
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Subject complement
Definition
is a word or grg verb and group of words that follows a linking verb and renames or describes the subject.
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Predicate noun
Definition
follows alinking verb and defines or renames the subject.
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Direct object
Definition
Word or group of words that names the receiver of the action of the action verb.
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Predicate adjective
Definition
follows a linking verb and describes a quality of the subject.
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Indirect object
Definition
is a word or group of words that tells to whom or what an action is performed.
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Abstract noun
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names an idea,feeling,quality,or characteristic.
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Concerete noun
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names a thing that can be seen,heard,touched,or tasted.
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Common noun
Definition
general name for a person,place,thing or idea.
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Sentence fragment
Definition
part of a sentence that is written as if it was a complete sentence.
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Collective noun
Definition
a word that anmes a group of people or things
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