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.)
