1. The subject is the person or thing that performs the action of the verb.
2. The predicate tells what the subject does or is.
3. A complete sentence must have a subject and a predicate.
4. An imperative sentence gives a command or makes a request.
5. A declarative sentence makes a statement.
6. An interrogative sentence asks a question.
7. An exclamatory sentence expresses strong emotion.
8. A simple sentence has one independent clause.
9. A compound sentence has two or more independent clauses joined by a coordinating conjunction.
10. A complex sentence has one independent clause and at least one dependent clause.
11. A compound-complex sentence has two or more independent clauses and at least one dependent clause.
12. The subject and verb must agree in number.
13. A phrase is a group of words that does not contain both a subject and a verb.
14. A clause is a group of words that contains a subject and a verb.
15. A dependent clause cannot stand alone as a sentence.
16. An independent clause can stand alone as a sentence.
17. A prepositional phrase begins with a preposition and ends with a noun or pronoun.
18. A gerund phrase begins with a gerund (a verb ending in -ing used as a noun).
19. An infinitive phrase begins with an infinitive (to + verb).
20. A participial phrase begins with a participle (a verb form used as an adjective).
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