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Unit 1 Gramar/Sentence Structure
Grammar/Sentence Structure
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English
8th Grade
09/09/2012

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Term
Sentence
Definition
A word group that contains a SUBJECT and a VERB and expresses a COMPLETE THOUGHT.
Term
Sentence Fragment
Definition
A word group that looks like a sentence but is missing a subject or a verb or does not express a complete thought.
Term
2 parts of a sentence
Definition
subject and predicate (predicate includes the verb)
Term
subject
Definition
Tells who or what the sentence is about (or who/what is doing the action of the sentence)
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predicate
Definition
includes the verb and tells something about the subject
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simple subject
Definition
the one main word in the complete subject
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complete subject
Definition
includes all the words used to identify the person, place, thing, or idea that the sentence is about. It stop before the verb.
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action verb
Definition
Something you can do
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helping/state of being verbs
Definition
am, are, is, was, were, be, being, been, can, could, do, does, did, has, have, had, may, might, must, shall, should, will, would
Term
All sentencces...
Definition
1. Start with capital 2. Have end punctuation 3. Have a subject 4. Have a verb. 5. Express a complete thought and make sense
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