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Language - English
9th Grade
04/07/2011

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Cards

Term
Subject
Definition
The subject tells us whom of what the sentence is about.
Example:
The Cat: play's with a ball.
Jason:found my car keys.
I: am studying for a math test.
Term
Predicate
Definition
The predicate is what is being said about the subject.
Example:
the dog- Play's with a ball
my computer-Needs a new hard drive.
mike-Is looking for a new job.
Term
Noun
Definition
a word used to identify any of a class of people, places, or things, or to name a particular one of these ( proper noun).
Term
Pro-noun
Definition
a word that can function by itself as a noun phrase and that refers either to the participants in the discourse (e.g., I, you) or to someone or something mentioned elsewhere in the discourse (e.g., she, it, this).
Term
Verb
Definition
a word used to describe an action,state, or occurrence, and forming the main part of the predicate of a sentence, such as hear, become, happen.
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