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| Made up of a noun, a noun phrase, or a group of words functioning in the ways that a noun or noun phrase normally does. |
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| Expresses a complete thought. It has a subject and a predicate. |
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| This tells about the subject, what the subject does or did, is or was. |
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| A group of words that has a subject and a predicate. |
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| This clause can stand alone as a sentence. |
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| This clause is used with the main clause to express a related idea. |
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| A group of words that have no subject or predicate. It may be used as a noun, verb, adjective, or adverb. |
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| The main noun or pronoun that names the subject. It is usually one word. It tells who or what the sentence is about. |
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| A group of words punctuated like a sentence but not expressing a complete thought. |
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| It tells what the subject is or does. It does not include any modifying words. It is a verb or a verb phrase. |
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| Contains two or more subjects usually joined by and or or. |
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| Has two or more predicates usually joined by and , or, or but. |
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| A sentence that commands or requests. It ends with a period or an exclamation point. The subject "you" is understood. |
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| It asks a question and ends with a question mark. |
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Declarative Interrogative Imperative Exclamatory |
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| A sentence that can be either a statement or a command made with strong feeling. It ends with an exclamation point. |
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| These sentences make a statement and end with a period. |
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| This sentence is made up of one complete subject and one complete predicate. It can be short or long. |
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| This type of sentence contains two independent clauses which are closely related. A conjunction usually joins the two clauses. Remember to put a comma after the first clause and before the conjunction that joins the two clauses. |
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| This type of sentence contains one independent clause and one or more dependent clauses. |
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| Two or more complete sentences written without proper punctuation between them. |
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| A noun used as a subject complement. They follow linking verbs. |
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| A noun or pronoun that names the person to whom or for whom something is done. |
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| A noun or pronoun that follows an action verb. It tells what or who receives the action of the verb. |
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| A word that shows the relationship of one word in a sentence to another word. The four things that prepositions tell are 1) where something is (location); 2) where something is going (direction); 3) when something happens (time); 4) the relationship between a noun or a pronoun and another word in a sentence. |
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| Four things Prepositions tell |
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Location Direction Time Relationship |
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| These are words that join other words or parts of sentences together. They are like glue. |
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Coordinating conjunctions Subordinating conjunctions Correlative conjunctions Adverbial conjunctions |
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| Form refers to grammatical structures in English (noun, verb, etc.), and function refers to how those forms are used in a sentence (as a subject, as a direct object, etc.). |
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A noun or noun phrase placed next to or very near another noun or noun phrase to identify, explain, or supplement its meaning. Mr. Lange, our English teacher, is very intelligent. |
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Interjection Verb Adjective Noun Conjunction Adverb Pronoun Preposition |
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A prepositional phrase is a group of two or more words that begins with a preposition and ends with a noun or pronoun called the object of the preposition. Every preposition has an object. Sometimes the object of the preposition is the very next word after the preposition: |
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Person (doctor) Place (beach) Thing (apple) Idea (religion) |
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Specific person (Krista) Specific place (Halifax) Specific thing (Buckingham Palace) Specific idea (Wednesday) |
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A pronoun takes the place of a noun. You use them to avoid repeating nouns over and over. e.g. Krista went to school. Krista put Krista's books in Krista's locker. Krista looked for Krista's pen. = Krista went to school. She put her books in her locker. She looked for her pen. |
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Used to replace the subject of a sentence. (the subject is the noun that performs the action in the sentence.) e.g. He, She, I, You, It (singular) They, We, You (Plural) |
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Used to replace the object in a sentence. (an object is the noun that receives the action. There isn't always an object in a sentence.) e.g. Me, You, Him, Her, It (singular) Us, You, Them (plural) |
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Used to replace nouns that show that an object/person/thing belongs to someone unnamed. e.g. Mine, Yours, His, Hers, Its (singular) Ours, Yours, Theirs (plural) |
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Shows an action or a state of being as well as indicating when it occurs. There is always one in a sentence. Past: He ran. Present: He runs. Future: He will run. |
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These modify or describe a noun. They specify colors, shapes, sizes, quantities, etc. e.g. Large balloon Ugly balloon Blue balloon Round balloon |
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These modify verbs, adjectives, or other of themselves. The often end in -ly. e.g. He ran slowly. A very pretty dress. |
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A preposition shows the relation of a noun (or pronoun) to another word in a sentence. e.g. I went into the building. The boy was below the bridge. If you're not sure if a word, for example "under," is a preposition, put it in front of "the box"=under the box. If it makes sense, it's probably a preposition. |
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| Coordinating Conjunctions |
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FANBOYS for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so |
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