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Getting to know the english language through proper grammar
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What is a predicate?
tells something about the subject
a description of something
tells some kind of action
a clause that makes the sentence more fun
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What are understood subjects?
when the subject is "you" and stated
when subject is super obvious
when the subject is a verb
when the subject is "you" but not stated
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What is a complete predicate?
Includes all words that that tell what the subject is doing
includes the complete verb and simple predicate
includes the subject
Includes the complete verb
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What is a complement?
an adjective used to compound the sentence
a complete verb describing the subject
noun, pronoun, or adjective needed to complete the sentence
you look nice today
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What does a simple subject consist of?
noun, pronoun, or group of words functioning as noun
a noun, a verb, and a subject
simple words because it's a simple subject
noun, predicate, and words functioning as a noun
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What is an intransitive verb?
A subject that does not need a complement
A verb that needs a complement
A verb that does not need a complement
An adjective that does not need a complement
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What is a predicate noun?
renames or identifies the direct object
renames or identifies the indirect object
renames or identifies the subject
renames or identifies the verb
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What is a transitive verb?
Has a direct object and is a receiver of action
Has a direct object and sends the action
Has a direct object and doesn't need an action
Has an indirect object and is a receivers of the subject
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What is a compound predicate?
two or more subjects sharing a verb
two or more verbs sharing the same subject
two or more verbs separated by the subject
two verbs separated by a dash
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What is an objective complement?
a noun or an adjective that follows the DO
cancels out the DO
complements on a persons clothing
renames or describes the DO
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What does a complete subject consist of?
a simple subject along with complete predicates
A sentence with complete words instead of partial ones
is a simple subject along with its modifiers
a noun, pronoun, and verb
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What is the direct object?
Receives the action of subject
Receives the action of the indirect object
receives the action of the direct object
received the action of the transitive verb
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What is a verb?
the main word of the predicate
the last word of the predicate
the second word of the predicate
the description
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What is an inverted order?
when the subject does whatever it wants
When the subject appears after the verb
When the subject is in the front of the verb
When he subject appears between to parts of the verb
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What is an indirect object?
the thing that does the thing and completes the thing
Comes before the direct object
Tells to whom or for whom the action of the verb is done
identifies the subject
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What is an adverbial?
completes a sentence after a "be" verb
prepositional phrase
an adverb
bile
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What is a Complete Verb?
includes the subject, auxiliaries, and the verb
includes only the verb
includes the verb and any auxiliaries
includes only the auxiliaries
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What is the predicate adjective?
describes the adjective
describes the noun
describes the verb
describes the subject
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What is a compound subject?
a subject that connects two verbs
two or more verbs sharing one subject
two or more subjects that share a verb
two or more subjects separated with a dash
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What is a sentence?
A group of words that has a subject and a predicate.
A group of words that sounds good together.
A group of words that has a verb because it's an action.
A group of words that is confusing with a subject
