a word group that contains a subject and a verb that expresses a complete thought

EX: Katy was chosen captain of her volleyball team.

a word group that looks like a sentence but does not contain both a subject and a verb

EX: At the last minute

tells whom or what the sentence is about

EX: Katy found a beautiful Juicy watch at the mall.

Complete Predicate

tells something about the subject (consists of a verb)

EX: Under the large bush sat the tiny puppy.

Noun

is a word or word group that names a person, place, thing, or idea

EX: athlete, day, volleyball, street 

Proper Nouns

begin with a capital letter-person, place, thing, or idea

EX: Friday, Katy Pool, Mayflower

names an idea, a feeling, quality, or characteristic

EX: knowledge, beauty, love, humor, etc.

Collective noun

word that names a group

EX: audience, flock, brood, litter, fleet batch

word used in place of one or more nouns or pornouns

EX: I, me,my, mine, you, yours, him, his, her, she, its, we, our, us, they, their, them,theirs 

refers to the subject and functions as a complement of an object of a prepostion.

EX: myself, yourself, himself

points out a person, place, or thing

EX: this, that, these, those

Interrogative pronouns

introdcue a question

EX: what?, which?, who?, whom?, whose?

helps the main verb

EX: am, is are, was, were, can, could, etc.

Main Verb

a word used to express action or a sate of being

Action Verb

Always has a D.O. or I. O.

expresses either physical or mental activity

EX:  Physical-laugh, paint, play

Mental-understand, wish, dream

modifies a verb, adjective, or another adverb; often ends in (ly)

a word used to join words or groups of words that are used in the same way

EX: and, but, for, nor, or, & so

a word that expresses EMOTION

EX: OH!

WOW!

a word that completes the meaning of a sentence

EX: Katy brought sandwiches.

Katy thanked her.

the main word that tells something about the subject (may be a one-word verb or a verb and a helping verb)

EX:  These books are available in the library.

Our class is reading The Hiding Place.

Compound Subject

The most common connecting words are and and or.

consists of two or more connected subjects that have the same verb.

EX: Katy and Jack studied for the test.

Among the guests were an atronaut, an enginneer, and a journalist.

Compound Verbs

consists of 2 or more verbs that have the same subject

EX: Lexi barked and growled at the stranger. 

You can leave now or wait for the others.

refers to a person, place, or thing, or idea that may not be named

EX: all, everyone, somebody, one, any, both,etc.

Everyone completed their mid-term final before the bell rang.

tells what kind, which one, how much and how many

EX:  tired girl, that dress, many books, seven tests, first day

modifies a noun

EX:  Christian book, Texas coast, Jewish calendar

Linking Verb

Are always Intransitive

connects the subject to a word that describes the subject

EX:  Katy became a famous volleyball player.

The watermelon looks ripe.

Transitive Verb

Always has a Direct Object

a verb that expresses an action towards a person, place, or thing

EX: Katy held the puppy

always has a direct object

Intransitive Verb

Does NOT have a Direct Object

expresses action without the action passing to a receiver

EX:  Didn't Katy sing beautifully in the program

never has a direct object

Concrete Nouns

A can you can see, hear, feel, taste, or smell

EX:  bubbles, hummingbird, popcorn