ACT Grammer Vocab

Ch 3: Sentence Structure

Sentence

Complete thought; must include both a subject and a verb

Subject

Noun

Nouns

Abstract Nouns: names for ideas or concepts that serve as the subject of a sentence

Gerunds: nouns in action form

• Always end in “ing”

• have no other subject like “he”

Common Nouns: general nouns-people, places, things

• “The Boy”

Proper Nouns: Specific people, places, and things(always capitalized)

• “William”

Noun Phrases: describe specific nouns (include an adjective)

Verb

Action words

Verb Phrases

contains a main verb(very specfifc actions) and an assisting verb ( comes before main verb) it’s more typical rather than a very specfic action.

• Some verb phrases serve as modifers or introducotry clauses

Relative Clause

offer further information about a noun; begin wiht relative pronouns

• Ex: who, whom, whose, which, that, where, when, why

Linking Verbs

connect adjectives with subject of a sentence

• They often become the mian verb in sentence even if thier is a verb after.