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Prepositional Phrase
Definition
a group of words consisting of a preposition, a noun or pronoun that serves as the object of the preposition, and any modifiers of that object.
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Adjectve Phrase
Definition
a prepositional phrase that modifies a noun or a pronoun.
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Adverb Phrase
Definition
a prepositional phras that modifies a verb, an adjective, or an adverb.
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Participles
Definition
A verbal or verb form that can be used as an adjective.
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Present Participles
Definition
participles ending in -ing.
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Past Participles
Definition
participles that usually end in d, ed, n,en ,t.
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Gerund Phrase
Definition
a verbal phrase that begins with a verbal ending in -ing and is used as a noun.
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Infinitive Phrase
Definition
a verbal phrase that begins with the word "to" and can be used as a noun, adjective, or adverb.
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Appositives
Definition
a noun or a pronoun placed besides another noun or pronoun to identify or explain it.
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Appositive Phrase
Definition
an appositive and its modifiers.
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Verbal
Definition
a verb form used as a noun, an adjective, or an adverb.
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Three Kinds of Verbals
Definition
Participles, Gerunds, and Infinitives.
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Indirect Object
Definition
a noun or pronoun that comes between the action verb and the direct object and tells to what or to whom or for what or for whom the action of the verb is done.
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Direct Object
Definition
tells what or whom after an action verb. Receives the action of the verb and shows the result of the action.
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Predicate Nominative
Definition
a noun or pronoun that follows a linking verb and identifies the subject or refers to it.
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Predicate Adjective
Definition
an adjective that follows a linking verb and describes the subject.
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Subject Complement
Definition
completes the meaning of a linking verb and identifies or describes the subject.
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Coordinating Conjunction
Definition
connects words or group of words used in the same way.
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