Sentence formation

Question	Answer
A complete sentence includes:	A subject and a predicate.
Subject.	Noun carrying out the main action in a sentence.
Predicate.	what happens in a sentence.
Object.	The noun/pronoun that receives the actions carried out by the subject.
Direct object.	The noun directly receiving the the action of the verb.
Indirect object.	The noun that benefits from the action.
Sentence formation.	Sometimes the indirect object goes before the direct object.
What is the object in: John ate cake.	the cake is the object.
Identify the subject, the direct and the indirect object: John gave Mary some flowers.	Subject: John is the one "giving flowers" Direct object: "flowers" are the ones being given. Indirect object: "Mary" is the one being given the flowers to.
Morphology.	How a word is formed.
Morpheme.	The smallest unit of meaning. Free, bound, suffix, prefix. Any part of speech.
Free	a word that stands completely on its own. (friend)
Bound.	When a free word is combined with either a suffix or prefix. (unfriendly).
Prefix.	Letters added to the beginning of a free word (UNfriend)
Suffix.	Letters added to the end of a free word. (friendly).

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	Created by Tahirintsoa Naharivelo over 3 years ago