Grammar Main Definitions

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WHAT IS GRAMMAR? Grammar is the study of words and the ways words work together
WHAT IS A SENTENCE? A sentence is a group of words containing a subject and predicate
Sentence characteristics 1. Stars with a capital letter 2. Ends with a period, question mark, or exclamation point 3. Contains one or more words 4. Contains a subject and a predicate, either expressed or clearly understood 5. Makes a statement, asks a question, expresses a command or request, or indicates a strong feeling or emotion
WHAT IS A SUBJECT ? The subject is the person, place, thing, or idea that is doing or being something
TYPES OF SUBJECTS 1. Complete (entirephrase before verb) Ex: My new Cambridge dictionary 2. Simple (main word) Ex: dictionary 3. Compound (2 or more subjects joined by a conjunction) Ex: William and his friends
WHAT IS A PREDIcATE? The predicate is the accion or description that occurs in the sentence
TYPES OF PREDICATE 1. Simple: a complete verb (a verb and any auxiliary verbs) Ex: sit/was singing 2. Complete: a simple predicate plus all modifiers: was singing quietly 3. Compound: two or more predicates with the same object. Ex: was singing quietly and smiling to himself
SENTENCES ACCORDING TO FUNTION 1. Declarative (makes a statement) 2. Interrogative (asks a question) 3. Exclamatory (express strong feelins or emotion) 4. Imperative (expresses a command or request
INDEPENDENT GRAMMATICAL EXPRESSIONS Complete thought, idiomatic expressions Ex: fire! , Stop!, Hello!
WHAT IS A CLAUSE? It is a part of the sentence. A sentence can contain many clauses. Each clause has only one main verb
TYPES OF CLAUSES 1. Independent clause: contains subject and verb, expresses a complete thought. It is a sentence. 2. Dependent clause: contains subject and verb but does not express a complete thought. Dependent marker words: when, that
WHAT IS A PHRASE? It is group of words that functions as a single unit. Most phrases have a word which defines the type of phrase it is (head word)
TYPES OF PHRASES 1. Prepositional phrase (in love, over the rainbow) 2. Noun phrase (the black cat) 3. Verb phrase (jump up and down) 4. Adjetival phrase ( full of toys) 5. Adverbial phrase (very carefully)
WHAT IS A FRAGMENT? A fragment is a group of words that does not express a complete thought. It is a part of the sentence and cannot stand alone.
TYPES OF FRAGMENTS 1. No subject. Ex: for days tried to change his mind 2. No verb. Ex: water sparkling 3. No subject and no verb. Ex: without the slightest hesitation
TYPES OF SENTENCES ACCORDING TO STRUCTURE 1. Simple sentence: subject + verb+ complete thought (1 Independent clause) 2. Compound sentences: 2 Independent clauses joined by a conjunction 3. Complex sentence: 1 Independent clause + 1 dependent clause 4. Compund complex: 2 Independent clauses + 1 dependent clause
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