1. predicate noun
Grammar a noun used in the predicate with a copulative verb or a factitive verb and having the same referent as the subject of the copulative verb or the direct object of the factitive verb, as in She is the mayor or They elected her mayor.
2. predicate adjective
Grammar an adjective used in the predicate, esp. with a copulative verb and attributive to the subject, as in He is dead, or attributive to the direct object, as in It made him sick.
3 a). direct object
a word or group of words representing the person or thing upon which the action of a verb is performed or toward which it is directed: in English, generally coming after the verb, without a preposition. In He saw it the pronoun it is the direct object of saw.
3 b). indirect object
a word or group of words representing the person or thing with reference to which the action of a verb is performed, in English generally coming between the verb and the direct object and paraphrasable as the object of a preposition, usually to or for, following the direct object, as the boy in He gave the boy a book.
4. Compond Predicate
a predicate containing two or more coordinate or verb phrases
5. verb phrase
Grammar 1. a group of words including a verb and its complements, objects, or other modifiers that functions syntactically as a verb. In English a verb phrase combines with a noun or noun phrase acting as subject to form a simple sentence.
2. a phrase consisting of a main verb and any auxiliaries but not including modifiers, objects, or complements.
6. fragment
–noun
1. a part broken off or detached: scattered fragments of the broken vase.
2. an isolated, unfinished, or incomplete part: She played a fragment of her latest composition.
3. an odd piece, bit, or scrap.
–verb (used without object) 4. to collapse or break into fragments; disintegrate: The chair fragmented under his weight.
–verb (used with object) 5. to break (something) into pieces or fragments; cause to disintegrate: Outside influences soon fragmented the Mayan culture.
6. to divide into fragments; disunify
7. inverted sentence
noun
Definition: any sentence in which the normal word order is reversed, with the verb coming before the subject or the complete subject and predicate coming after another clause
8. Exclamatory sentence
A sentence that uses an exclamation point (!)
Example: Welcome home ! You have been missed !
9. Declarative Sentence
A declarative sentence states an idea. It does not give a command or request, nor does it ask a question. A declarative sentence usually ends in a period, though it may end in an exclamation point.
10. compound verb
word made up of other words: a word that is formed from two or more identifiable words, e.g. "blackbird," "cookbook," or "bullheaded," or, in some analyses, "mother-in-law" or "fire drill"
11.Compound Subject.
Every verb in a sentence must have at least one subject. But that doesn't mean that a verb can have only one subject. Some verbs are greedy as far as subjects are concerned. A greedy verb can have two, three, four, or more subjects all to itself. When a verb has two or more subjects, you can say that the verb has a compound subject
Examples:At the local Dairy Queen, Officer Jenkins, Mrs. Lowery, the Williams twins, Harold, Billy Jo, Jenny, and Marsha screamed in terror at the sight of Martians putting pickle slices on banana splits.
Officer Jenkins, Mrs. Lowery, the Williams twins, Harold, Billy Jo, Jenny, Marsha = compound subject | screamed = ve
12. interrogative sentence
: a sentence of inquiry that asks for a reply; "he asked a direct question"; "he had trouble phrasing his interrogations"
13. imperative sentence
asks, requests, or commands someone to do something. An imperative sentence drops the subject.
Sometimes when simply the verb of an imperative sentence is referred to, it is said to be in the imperative mood.
Examples: Go away!
Please go away.