Grammar - created from Mind Map

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PARTS OF SPEECH

PARTS OF A SENTENCE

PHRASES

CLAUSES

SUBJECT-VERB AGREEMENT

Nouns-person,place, or thing

Pronouns- replace nouns in sentences

Adjectives- describe nouns or pronouns

Adverbs- describe verbs or intensify the meaning of other adjectives or adverbs

Conjunction- connecting words (FANBOY)

Interjection- shows emotion (DARN! RATS! Well,)

Presposition- the frog jumped ___ the log ("of" is a prep)

Possessive

abstract

Concrete

Collective

Compound

Personal

Possesive

Simple Subject- main noun

Simple Predicate- main verb

Complete Subject

Complete Predicate

Compound Subject

Compound Verb

Predicate noun- after a linking verb and describes the subject

Predicate Adjective- after a linking verb and describes the subject

Direct Object- noun or pronoun after an action verb

indirect object- noun or pronoun between an action verb and the direct object (who the verb is done for)

Prepositional Phrase- describe nouns or verbs usually

Appositive phrase- only use commas if these are not needed to make the noun they rename specific

Participial Phrase- starts with a verbal word (verb that isnt the verb of the sentence b/c it has no subject) and describes a noun/pronoun on front

gerund phrase- starts with an "ing" word and can do any job a noun can

infinitive phrase- starts with "to" and a verb word and can be used as a noun, adj, or adv

Adjective phrase describes a noun or pronoun in front of it

noun phrases can be replaced by someone or something

independent clause- can be a sentence by itself

subordinate clause- cannot be a sentence by itself B/C IT STARTS WITH A SUBORDINATE WORD (wh words, as, that, how, because, etc.

simple sentence- 1 independent clause

compound sentence- 2 independent clauses

complex sentence- has 1 independent clause and at least one subordinate clause

compound-complex- is a compound sentence with a subordinate clause

joined by: and/or/but/nor or ;