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DGP NOTES Tuesday Page 1 of 3 Tuesday Notes (Sentence Parts and Phrases) COMPLETE SUBJECT • part of sentence about which something is being said SIMPLE SUBJECT • main word (or group of words) in the complete subject • must be noun, pronoun, gerund, or infinitive • can never be in a prepositional phrase • There and here are never the subject of a sentence. • The subject can be an “understood you" Bring me the remote control, please (You bring it.) COMPLETE PREDICATE • part of sentence that says something about the subject VERB (OR SIMPLE PREDICATE) • transitive: takes a direct object (We love grammar.) • intransitive: does not take a direct object (Please sit down.) • All linking verbs are intransitive. COMPLEMENT • completes the meaning of the subject and verb • types • direct object • 1S a noun or pronoun • follows an action verb • is never in a prepositional phrase • To find it, say "subject," "verb," "what?" • I like grammar. "I" "like" "what?" grammar (direct object) • indirect object • is a noun or pronoun • comes before a direct object • is never in a prepositional phrase • To find it, say "subject," "verb," "direct object," "to or for whom or what?" • He gave me the paper. "He" "gave" "paper" "to whom?" me (indirect object) • predicate nominative • is a noun or pronoun • follows linking verb and renames subject • To find it, say "subject," "linking verb," "what?" • He is a nice guy. "He" "is" "what?" guy (predicate nominative) • predicate adjective • is an adjective • follows linking verb and describes subject http://www.catawba.k12.nc.us/schoolpages/blackburn/Westerfield/dgp_notes%20tuesday... 11/18/2008 DGP NOTES Tuesday • • Page 2 of 3 To find it, say "subject," "linking verb," "what?" He is nice. "He" "is" "what?" nice (predicate adjective) APPOSITIVE/APPOSITIVE PHRASE • noun or pronoun that follows and renames another noun or pronoun • My son Beck likes trains. • Ansley, my daughter, loves to dance. OBJECT OF PREPOSITION • follows preposition and tells "what?" • The key is under the rug. "under what?" rug (object of preposition) • If there's no object, it's not a preposition Please stand up (Up is an adverb.) PREPOSITIONAL PHRASE • group of words beginning with preposition and ending with noun or pronoun • can act as adjective (I want a room with a view.) or adverb (His house is on the lake.) http://www.catawba.k12.nc.us/schoolpages/blackburn/Westerfield/dgp_notes%20tuesday... 11/18/2008 DGP NOTES Tuesday Page 3 of 3 http://www.catawba.k12.nc.us/schoolpages/blackburn/Westerfield/dgp_notes%20tuesday... 11/18/2008