language

• clause - group of words that has a subject and predicate
• independent clause - it can stand alone
• dependent clause - can stand alone
• simple sentence - a sentence with only one independent clause
• compound sentence - Made up of more than one independent clause. The independent clauses are joined by conjunctions like for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so (FANBOYS)
• declarative sentence - states something, follows the word order of statements, uses period at the end of a written sentence
• interrogative sentence - asks something. begins with words like who, what, when, where, why. can be answered with yes or no. uses question mark at the end of a sentence
• imperative sentence - tells someone to do something. follows the word order of commands. sometimes, a sentence that looks like a question tells someone to do something
• exclamatory sentence - strong feeling. follows the word order of statements, questions, commands, or exclamations. uses exclamation point
• sentence - group of words that express a complete thought and has a subject and predicate
• fragment - group of words that have no subject and/or predicate
• subject - talked about in the sentence, tells us the doer of the action, agrees with the verb in the sentence, can be one word or group of words
• predicate - one word or group of words, the complete predicate of the sentence is the verb and all the other words
• simple subj - either singular nouns, plural nouns, or pronouns.
• simple predicate - may be an action verb or linking verb
• transitive verb - a verb thats needs a direct object that follows it
• intransitive verb - a verb that does not need a direct object to follow it
• s - iv pattern : subject - intransitive verb
• s - tv - do pattern : subject - transitive verb - direct object
• s - lv - n pattern: subject - linking verb - noun
• s - lv - adj pattern - subject - linking verb - adjective