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Sentence Types and Components Nouns Interjections Pronouns Preposition Adjectives Verbs Adverbs Conjunctions Person ◦ mother ◦ student ◦ baker Place Thing Concept ◦ love ◦ freedom ◦ forgiveness ◦ Formal names of people, buildings, places, events, titles, etc. Paris Dr. Spock ◦ school ◦ hospital ◦ restaurant ◦ cat ◦ book ◦ movie Proper Nouns [capitalize these] Common Nouns ◦ All other nouns Singular (one noun) ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ mother café child fox church ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ mothers cafes children foxes churches Plural (More than one noun) Words that show excitement or emotion. Followed by a comma or exclamation point Hey Wow Oh Ah Oops No Hooray Ouch Yikes Yes OMG Etc. Personal Pronouns 3 Voices 2 Forms Words that stand in for nouns Types of Pronouns ◦ First person (I, we) ◦ Second person (you) ◦ Third person (he, she, it, they) ◦ Personal ◦ Singular (I, he, she, it, you) ◦ Demonstrative (This, ◦ Plural (We, they, you) that, these, those) 4 Cases ◦ Indefinite (anyone, ◦ Nominative (Subject case) one, someone, etc.) ◦ Objective (Object case) ◦ Relative (That, Who , Which) ◦ Possessive (Ownership) ◦ Interrogative (Who, ◦ Reflexive (-self) Which, What) ◦ Reciprocal (Each other, One another) aboard about above across after against along amid among anti around as at before behind below beneath beside besides between beyond but concerning considering despite down during except excepting excluding following for from in inside into like minus near of off on onto opposite outside over past per plus regarding round save since than through to toward towards under underneath unlike until up upon versus via with within without Adjective Categories Degrees of Adjectives Words that describe nouns Answers: How many? What kind? Which? Adjective suffixes ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ -ible, -able -ful -al -ic -ive -less -ous ◦ Determiners (articles and demonstrative pronouns) ◦ Observations ◦ Size sand Shapes ◦ Ages ◦ Colors ◦ Origins ◦ Materials ◦ Qualifiers ◦ Possessives (pronouns) ◦ Articles [a, an, the] ◦ Positive [good] ◦ Comparative [better] ◦ Superlative [best] Verb tenses Present 3 types ◦ Active [show action] ◦ Linking [show being] ◦ Helping [show tense] ◦ Simple [walk, walks] ◦ Perfect [have walked] ◦ Progressive [is walking] ◦ Simple [walked] ◦ Perfect [had walked] ◦ Progressive [was walking] 2 Roles ◦ Transitive (with object) ◦ Intransitive (without object) Past Future ◦ Simple [will walk] ◦ Perfect [will have walked] ◦ Progressive [will be walking] Describe an action or an adjective Answer: How? Where? When? Kinds of adverbs ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ Time [now] Manner [slowly] Place [there] Frequency [often] Purpose [to -] Adverb suffix – ly Degrees of Adverbs ◦ Positive [happily] ◦ Comparative [more happily] ◦ Superlative [most happily] Connect words, phrases, clauses, and ideas 3 kinds ◦ Coordinating [for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so] ◦ Correlative Subordinating TIME CAUSE + EFFECT OPPOSITION CONDITION after because although if before since though when now that even though as whereas while [both...and, not since only...but, also, either...or, neither...nor, until whether...or] in order that so while unless only if whether or not even if in case (that) Declarative – makes a statement ◦ The grass is green. Interrogative – asks a question ◦ How long is that grass? Imperative – gives a command ◦ Mow the grass. Exclamatory – makes an exclamation ◦ I am not mowing the grass no matter what! The subject is the person or thing performing the action in the sentence and all of the words that modify that actor. The subject controls the agreement of verbs and pronouns. Nouns, pronouns, and gerunds (-ing verbs acting like nouns) can be subjects. Wolves eat rabbits. Swimming is fun. I am tired today. The predicate is the action or state of the actor or subject of the sentence. Objects and verbs (and any phrases describing them) together make up the predicate. Wolves eat rabbits. Swimming is fun. I am tired today. Direct Object The thing receiving the action ◦ In sentences with linking verbs ◦ The car hit the tree. ◦ I baked a cake. Indirect Object To or for whom the action is done ◦ I baked my dad a cake. Predicate Nominative [noun] Dad is home. Predicate Adjective ◦ In sentences with linking verbs Dad is happy. Prepositional Phrases [begin with a preposition and end in a noun, may modify the subject or the predicate.] (In the beginning), one (of my ancestors) was the Shaman (of the tribe). Adverbial Phrases [modify a verb] ◦ The rain dripped (in a fretful pattern) [all day]. Adjective Phrases [modify a noun] ◦ [The sometimes-mysterious] girl became my friend. All clauses have a subject and a predicate Independent Clauses ◦ Could stand alone as a sentence or be combined with other clauses. Dependent Clauses Because I love ice cream [Dependent] Cats can scream loudly [Independent] While the dogs barked [Dependent] When the wind blows [Dependent] ◦ Begin with a The storm rages [Independent] subordinating conjunction, so they cannot stand alone as a sentence. Have one subject and one predicate ◦ Wild horses have been seen on that island. Sometimes the predicate is compound (in 2 parts) ◦ The wild horses on the island roam free and live happy, albeit difficult, lives. Sometimes the subject is compound (in 2 parts) ◦ The wild horses and cougars lived peacefully together. Are made up of 2 independent clauses joined by a coordinating conjunction and a comma. Compound sentences have 2 subjects and 2 predicates ◦ The wild horses nearly starved, but the cougars thrived that winter. ◦ Sometimes I bike to school, and you pass me by on your motorcycle. Have [dependent clause] connected to an independent clause by a comma. ◦ [After the party ended], my friends spent the night at my house. ◦ The weekend at the lake relaxed me, [although I had to work]. ◦ The kids need to go to bed, [whether or not they want to], no later than 8:00 p.m. Have 2 independent clauses and a dependent clause, so there are 3 subject with 3 predicates. ◦ [Though Annie prefers watching mystery films], she rented the latest romantic comedy, and she enjoyed it very much. ◦ Mary forgot her friend's birthday, so she sent her a card [when she finally remembered]. Specific subjects Active verbs (predicate) Vary sentence structures Avoid wordiness Avoid vague words