english honors 9- verbals. complements, phrases, appositives

adjectival prepositional phrase

a prepositional phrase that acts like an adjective

adverbial prepositional phrase

a prepositional phrase that acts like an adverb

appositive

a noun or pronoun next to another noun or pronoun to identify, rename, or explain it

appositive phrase

an appositive and a modifier

direct object

a noun/pronoun that receives the action of the verb, asks what? and who?

indirect object

a noun/pronoun that names the person/thing something is done/given to, asks to whom? and for whom?

predicate noun

noun/pronoun that renames the subject and follows linking verbs

predicate adjective

an adjective that comes after linking verb and describes subject

objective complement

an adjective that comes after a direct object and renames it

participles

verbs acting like adjectives and end in -en, -ed, -ing

gerunds

verbs acting like nouns and end in -ing

infinitive

"to" plus verb acting as an adj, adv, noun