Simple, Compound or Complex
Complements
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Function or POS?
Hodgepodge
100
The students and teachers at Dripping Springs Middle School are the best.
What is a simple sentence?
100
The teacher gave her class a copy of The Westing Game. copy
What is the direct object?
100
School starts promptly at 8:55 AM, please be here on time.
What is A.M.?
100
The teacher gave her class a copy of The Westing Game. a
What is an article adjective?
100
My student take great pride when raising the Texas Flag. Texas
What is a proper adjective?
200
I attend Dripping Springs Middle School, and my favorite subject is English.
What is a compound sentence?
200
The teacher gave her class a copy of The Westing Game. Indirect object.
What is class?
200
I went too the store to buy milk and eggs.
What is change too to to?
200
Mariela and Amy are my best friends. The FUNCTION of are.
What is a linking verb?
200
Booby and Nick looked very scared at the thought of having to write a research paper. looked
What is a linking verb?
300
For lunch and dinner I had meatloaf, mashed potatoes, corn on the cob, and water.
What is a simple sentence?
300
Mariela and Amy are my best friends. best
What is the predicate adjective?
300
My brother, and my sister came to visit me over Spring Break.
What is remove the comma before and? My brother and my sister (compound subject does not require a comma) came to visit me over Spring Break.
300
The teacher gave her class a copy of The Westing Game. The Westing Game?
What is a proper noun?
300
The Christmas gifts are in the back of my truck. are
What is an action verb?
400
My friends all went to the Schlitterbahn this weekend; I went to Disney World.
What is a compound sentence?
400
Mariela and Amy are my best friends. friend
What is the predicate nominative?
400
My favorite cake is german chocolate cake.
What is capitalize the g in German?
400
The next book we are going to read is Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry. book
What is the subject?
400
The students are studying because they have a test tomorrow
What is a complex sentence?
500
When he handed in his homework, he forgot to give the teacher the last page.
What is a complex sentence?
500
My sister gave me a signed copy of Mildred Taylor's Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry. Me copy
Whatare the direct and indirect objects?
500
Travis has written 27 poems about horses.
What is change 27 to twenty-seven?
500
The next book we are going to read is Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry? to read
What is an infinitive?
500
The herd of elephants were drinking from the local watering hole.
What is subject verb agreement? Change were to is, as of elephants is a prepositional phrase leaving herd as a unit of one being singular.
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