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Action Verbs and Linking Verbs

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verb   a verb express actions or contition of a person, place or thing  
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action verb   an action verb indicates the action of a person or thing. The action may be visible or mental  
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linking verb   a linking verb connects a noun or pronoun to a word that identifies or describes the noun or pronoun  
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helping verb   a helping verb is a verb that comes before the main verb and adds to its meaning  
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adjective   a adjective is a word that describes something  
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definite article   The, it points to a specific person, place or thing  
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indefinite   a, an, they point to any member of a group of similar prople, places, or things  
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proper adjective   a proper adjective is (1) a proper noun used as an adjective or (2) an adjective formed from a proper noun  
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personal pronoun   can be used as an adjective if it modifies a noun  
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adverb   is a word that modifies a verb, and adjective, or another adverb  
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preposition   relates a noun or pronoun to another word in the sentences  
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conjuntions   connect words, groups of words and whole sentences  
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interjections   are words that express sudden excitement or strong feeling  
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subject   tells who or what the sentence is about  
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predicate   tells something about the subject  
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simple subject   is the main word or words in the subject part of the sentence. It answers the question WHO? or WHAT? in relation to the verb  
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simple predicate   is a verb that tells what the subject does, what is done to the subject, or what the condition of the subject is  
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complete subject   includes the simple subject and the words related to it.  
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complete predicate   includes the verb(simple predicate) and the words related to it  
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compound subject   includes two or more simple subjects that have the same verb  
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compound predicate   includes two or more verbs that relate to the same subject  
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direct object   is a noun or pronoun that appears with an action verb and receives the action of the verb  
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indirect object   is a noun or pronoun usually located between an action verb and a direct object  
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predicate noun   is a noun that appears with a subject and a linking verb  
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predicate adjective   is an adjective that follows a subject and a linking verb  
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phrase   is a group of words that functions in a sentence as a single part of speech. Phrase do not contain a subject and a verb  
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adjective phrase   is a prepositional phrase that modifies a noun or pronoun by telling what kind or which one  
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adverb phrase   is a prepositional phrase that modifies a verb, an adjective, or an adverb. Adverb phrases point out where, when in what way or to what extent.  
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appositive   is a noun or pronoun placed after another noun or pronoun to identify, rename or explain it.  
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appositive phrase   is a noun or pronount with modifier.  
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subordinate clause   has a subject and a verb but cannot stand by itself as complete sentence  
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simple sentence   consists of a single independent clause  
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compound sentence   consists of two or more independent clauses  
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complex sentence   consists of one indenpendent clause and one or more subordinate clauses  
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declarative sentence   states an idea and ends with a period  
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interrogative sentence   asks a question and ends with a question mark  
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imperative sentence   gives an order or a direction and ends with either a period or an exclamation mark  
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exclematory sentence   conveys strong emotion and ends with an exclamation mark  
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fragment   is a group of words that does not express a complete thought but is punctuated as a sentence  
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run-on   is two or more complete sentences that are not properly joined or separated  
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