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Adjective:
Which one?
What kind?
How many/much?
1. NOUNS (Level 1)
3. ADJECTIVES (Level 1)
Pronoun:
Action Verb:
2. PRONOUNS (Level 1)
Pronoun examples:
Noun examples:
Adjective examples:
Proper:
Common:
Concrete:
Abstract:
Singular:
Plural:
Collective:
Linking Verb:
Adverb:
Where?
When?
How?
To what extent/degree?
7. ADVERBS (Level 1)
Helping Verb:
Preposition:
8. PREPOSITIONS (Level 1)
Preposition examples:
Common: aboard, about, above, across, after, against, along, amid, among,
around, as, at, atop, before, behind, below, beneath, beside, between, beyond,
by, despite, down, during, for, from, in, inside, into, like, near, of, off, on, onto,
out, outside, over, past, regarding, round, since, than, through, throughout, till,
to toward, under, unlike, until, up, upon, with, within, without
Compounds: according to, aside from, instead of, in addition to
Adverb examples:
Conjunction:
1. Coordinating
Used when you want to give equal emphasis to two main clauses
2. Subordinate
Subject:
The subject tells whom or what the sentence is
about. It is the do-er or the be-er of the
sentence.
Huge cresting WAVES pound the sailboat.
The fragile SAILBOAT is thrown on its side.
3. Correlative
9. CONJUNCTIONS (Level 1)
Interjection:
S+LV:
Interjection examples:
S+AV:
A subject frequently completes an action.
These are the ONLY sentence patterns you can create
with an AV:
S+AV
S+AV+DO He kicked (What?) the ball.
S+AV+IO+DO He kicked (To whom?) Sue (What?) the ball
S+AV+DO+OC She called him a genius.
Conjunction examples:
Coordinating FANBOYS (for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so)
Subordinate After, although, as, because, before, even though, if,
unless, until, while, whereas, when, so that
Correlative both...and, not only...but also, not...but, either...or,
neither...nor, whether...or
Predicate:
The predicate tells what the subject is or does or
what happens to the subject. It does the work of
the sentence.
Huge cresting waves pound the sailboat.
The fragile sailboat is thrown on its side.
Predicate Adjective:
Direct Object:
Predicate Nominative:
Indirect Object:
DO
AV IO
AV
IO
DO
S+LV+PN examples:
S+AV+IO+DO examples:
S+LV+PA examples:
S+AV+DO examples:
S+AV+DO+OC:
Appositive Phrase:
He made me angry.
S
AV
DO
OC
AV
DO
OC
Prepositional Phrase:
Verbal-Participle Phrase:
We
hid
the
money
beneath
the
prep
After
prep
the
war
they
all
floor.
object of prep
returned
home.
object of prep
S+AV+DO+OC examples:
Verbal-Gerund:
Independent Clause:
LV PN
Verbal-Infinitive Phrase:
Simple Sentence:
Complex Sentence:
Food is good.
S
LV
AV
prep
AV
(sub conj)
AV
independent dependent
prep
Compound Sentence:
Compound-Complex Sentence:
independent
independent
28. COMPOUND-COMPLEX
Compound-Complex Sentence
examples:
Declarative Sentence:
A sentence that makes a statement
(declares).
We ran home
Thank you for your help.
Exclamatory Sentence:
A sentence that expresses strong emotion.
I did it!
This will never work!
Yes, we can!
Interrogative Sentence:
A sentence that asks a question.
Did you see that?
How may I help you?
A rhetorical sentence is an interrogative sentence that acts like a
declarative sentence. Example: