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Quick Reference Guide: Parts of a Sentence Part of Sentence Definition and Example Subject The noun or pronoun identifying who or what the sentence is about. Predicate Example: Charlie went to find Snoopy and Linus. The action the subject performs or the subject’s state of being. What do I look for? Nouns Pronouns Action Verbs Linking Verbs Verb Phrases Example: Charlie went to find Snoopy and Linus. Predicate Nominative A noun or pronoun that follows a linking verb and renames the subject of the sentence. Nouns Pronouns Example: The girl is a professor. Predicate Adjective An adjective that follows a linking verb and describes or modifies the subject of the sentence. Adjectives Example: The bear is quite burly. Direct Object The noun or pronoun that follows an action verb Nouns Pronouns and answers the questions Who? or What? Example: That girl stole my Ipod. Indirect Object The noun or pronoun that follows the action verb, precedes the direct object, and answers the question To whom? or For whom? Nouns Pronouns Example: The government will give us a rebate. Object Complement A noun that renames the direct object or an adjective that describes the direct object. Nouns Pronouns Adjectives Example: We appointed John our class president. Object of the Preposition A noun or a pronoun that ends a prepositional phrase. (*There can be an article and other modifiers between the preposition and its object.) Example: We ran over the neighbor’s lawn. Nouns Pronouns Courtesy of Katherine White
