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| compound subject | two subjects separated by a joining word such as and. Compound subjects generally take a plural verb. |
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| subject-verb agreement | the correspondence in number between the subject and the verb of a sentence: plural subjects take plural verbs, and singular subjects take singular verbs. Ex.: The crinkly lines (plural) around Joan's mouth give (plural) her a friendly look. |
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| prepositional phrase | a group of words that begins with a preposition and ends with a noun or pronoun Ex.: on the roof |