English

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  1. subject: is the part that names the person or think spoken about in the rest of the sentence
  2. predicate: is the action that the subject does.
  3. simple subject: is the main word or group of words in the complete subject that tells whom or what the sentence is about.
  4. a compound noun: is considered one and and may therefore be used as a simple subject.
  5. simple predicate: is the main word or group of words in the complete predicate.
  6. verd phrase: a verd and one or more helping verbs
  7. compound subject: consists of 2 or more subjects that are joined by a conjunction and have the same verb (mor used conjunctions are “and”,”or”)
  8. compound verb: consists of two or more verbs that are joined by a conjunction and have the same subject.
  9. complements: is a word or group of words that completes the meaning of the predicate. (complements are never in prepositional phrases, a complement may be compound and an adverb modifying a verb is not a complement)
    1. a group of words may have a subject and a verb and still not express a complete thought.
    2. subject complements: is a noun, pronoun, or an adjective that follows a linking verb. a subject complement identifies, describes, or explains the subject.
    3. a predicate adjective: is an adjective in the predicate that describes the subject of a sentence or a clause.