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gerund
Shopping is fun when you have money to spend. |
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| a verb functioning as a noun |
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direct object
I sat on the horse. |
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| noun upon which the action is performed |
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compound sentence
I loaded the marker and fired a shot. |
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| a sentence with two or more independent clauses conjoined by a conjunction |
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participle
I stared at the burning logs. |
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| adjective derived from a verb |
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simple sentence
I love to drive. |
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| a sentence containing only one independent clause |
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adjective
I gazed lovingly at my clean toothbrush. |
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pronoun
He said that we should all see Eragon at 4:45 on Friday! |
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prepositional phrase
I clapped for the performers. |
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Definition
| a phrase consisting of a preposition, its object, and any modifiers |
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verb phrase
The students should be done with the mid-term in an hour. |
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| phrase consisting of a verb and its auxiliaries |
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predicate nominative
For many of us on the team, the fans were an embarrassment. |
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Definition
| a noun or pronoun that follows a linking verb & refers to the same noun as the subject of the verb |
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