Grammar: direct objects, nouns, etc.

compound-complex sentence

has at least two independent clauses and at least one dependent clause (ex. I stopped believing in Santa Claus when my mother took me to see him in a department store, and he asked for my autograph.)

simple sentence

has just one independent clause and no dependent clauses example: You're only as good as your last haircut.

complex sentence

has one independent clause and at least one dependent clause (ex. When you write an autobiography, the story is told in first person point-of-view.)

courage

noun

women

plural noun

beneathe

preposition

Roberto's Tacos Shop

proper noun

climbing

verb

can walk......will run....is reading

verb phrases

intransitive verbs

verbs do not have a direct object. They are known as..... (ex. The rain fell. My throat hurts.)

Dependent clause

An incomplete idea or thought (not a complete sentence)

ATM

Automated Teller Machine

indirect object

Comes before the direct object. Tells to whom, for whom the action of the verb is done. (Claire threw JOSEPH the ball)

FBI

Federal Bureau of Investigation

compound sentence

The dog barked and the cat ran up the tree.

simple sentence

The dog barked.

wall

What is the object of the preposition in the following sentence? The candles on the wall glow.

behind

What is the preposition in the following sentence? Can the cat behind the fence jump?

behind the fence

What is the prepositional phrase in the following sentence? Can the cat behind the fence jump?

transitive verb

When a verb has a direct object, it is called a... (ex. I saw the dog.) saw: verb Direct object: the dog

Direct Objects (DO)

a noun phrase denoting a person or thing that is the recipient of the action of a transitive verb, for example: Jimmy fed the dog. (the dog is the D.O)

Dr.

abbreviation for doctor

excellent

adjective

spectacular

adjective

carefully

adverb

independent clause

can stand alone as a sentence

soccer field

common noun

Because the dog was barking, the cat became scared and ran up the tree.

complex sentence

across the stream.....into the ocean

compound prepositional phrases

Mia and Chad

compound subjects

compound sentence

has at least two independent clauses (ex. I used to jog, but the I recently broke my leg.)