Summary

  1. The Bottom Line
    The better you understand grammar, the better you will understand Scripture.
  2. The Verb
    The verb is the word that describes the action of the sentence.
  3. The Subject
    The subject is the word that describes who or what does the action of the sentence.
  4. Compound Sentence
    Sometimes a sentence has more than one verb or more than one subject.
  5. The Direct Object
    The direct object is the word that describes who or what receives the action of the sentence.
  6. The Indirect Object
    The indirect object is the word that describes who or what indirectly receives the action of the sentence by receiving the direct object.
  7. The Skeleton of the Sentence
    Subject - Verb - (Indirect Object) - Direct Object.
  8. Nouns
    Naming a person, place, thing, or concept.
  9. Pronouns
    Replacement for a noun representing a person, place, thing, or concept.
  10. Adjectives
    Adjectives describe a noun.
  11. Adverbs
    Adverbs modify a verb.
  12. Prepositional Phrase
    [Preposition + (modifier(s)) = object] that modifies a verb, subject, or object.
  13. Clauses
    Ideas built around a verbal idea that function as part of the main sentence.
  14. Participle Clauses
    -ing verbal idea that functions as a noun, adjective, or adverb.
  15. Infinitive Clauses
    to ______ verbal idea that functions in various ways.
  16. Relative Clauses
    Clauses with who, which, etc., that function to define a noun.
  17. Passive Verbs
    Verbs that switch the doer and receiver of the action.
  18. To Be Verbs
    Forms of the verb be that equate the subject with existence, another noun, or a description.
  19. Helping verbs
    Forms of the verb be that combine with another verb to show tense.
  20. Complementary Verbs
    Certain verbs that use an infinitive to complete the one thought.
  21. Imperative Verbs
    Verbs that make a command or request.
  22. Conjunctions
    Words that connect ideas in various relationships.
  23. Dependent Clauses
    Clauses that do not have a complete thought, but complement the main sentence, to which it is connected with a subordinating conjunction.
  24. Relationship of Propositions
    The way that ideas are related, usually determined by the conjunctions.

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