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Language voc.
| Sentence | is a group of words that expresses a complete thought. |
| declaritive | makes a statement. It ends with a period. |
| interrogative | asks a question. it ends with a question mark. |
| exclamitory | expresses strong feeling. it end with an exclamation point. |
| imperitive | gives a command or makes a request. it ends in a period. |
| subject | part of a sentence names whom or what the sentence is about. |
| predicate | part of the sentence tells what the subject does or has. it can also describe what the subject is or is like. |
| fragment | does not express a complete thought. it may also be missing a subject, a predicate, or both. |
| complete subject | subject that includes all of the words in the subject of a sentence. |
| complete predicate | predicate that includes all of the words in the predicate of a sentence. |
| simple subject | is the main or most important word or group of words in the complete subject. |
| simple predicate | is the main word or group of words in the complete predicate. |
| compound predicate | is two or more simple predicates, or verbs, that have the same subject. the verbs are connected by and, or, but |
| compound sentence | is a sentence that contains two or more simple sentences joined by a comma and a coordinating conjunction or by a semicolon. |
| complex sentence | is a sentence that has one main clause and one or more subordinate clauses |
| run-on sentence | is two or more sentences incorrectly written as one sentence. |
| subordinate clause | is a groups of words in a sentence that cannot stand alone as a sentence (dependent). |
| main clause | is a group of words containing a subject and a predicate (independent). |
| compound subject | is two or more simple subjects that have the same predicate. the subjects are joined by and, or, both...and, or, either...or, nether... or, but. |
| noun | a word that names a Person, Place, Thing, or idea. |
| action verb | a word that expresses an action, such as run, inspire, create, jump. |
| linking verb | a word that expresses a state of being, such as is, was, were, have, are. |