Building Blocks
Define Noun (multiple acceptable answers)
Name of a Person, Place, Thing (or idea)
visible as a Subject, PN, OP, DO, IO, etc...
Identify the Subject(s) and verb(s)
Samuel holds the door for Miss Pratt sometime before class starts.
Subject(s): Samuel
Verb(s): holds
Identify the complements
Mr. Foster taught us that it is unwise to let debt accumulate over time.
D.O.-us
P.N.- unwise
Identify Adj. Adv. Prep phrases
The friendly man helped his new neighbor move into the house and he helped his neighbor get accustomed to the expanding, new community.
Adj.- friendly, new, expanding, new
Prep- into the house, to the expanding, new community
Name 15 common prepositions
aboard, about, above, across, after, against, along, among, around, at, before, behind, below, beneath, beside, between, beyond, by, down, during, except, for, from, in, into, inside, like, near, of, off, on, over, past, since, through, throughout, to, toward, under, underneath, until, up, upon, with, within, without
Define Verb
Give an example of 5 verbs (no sentence required)
A word in a sentence that shows action, links other words, or helps other verbs.
Use teacher to determine the correctness of part 2
Identify the Subject(s) and verb(s)
Tamari and Landon attended Teen Impact last night.
Subject(s): Tamari, Landon
Verb(s): attended
Identify the complements
Tanya made Mary flowers, but the delivery man dropped it on to the scorching hot, asphalt road.
D.O.- flowers, road
I.O.- Mary
Identify the Adj. Adv. Prep phrase
The cunning, brown fox quickly pounced on the innocent, little rabbit.
Adj.- cunning, brown, innocent, little
Adv.- quickly
Prep phrase- on the innocent, little rabbit
Name all common helping or common linking verbs
HELPING- have, has, had, do, does, did, shall, will, should, would, may, might, must, can, could
LINKING- taste, feel, smell, sound, look, appear, become, seem, grow, remain, stay
Define an Adjective
Use three Adjectives (in a GRAMATICALLY CORRECT sentence)
A word or group of words that modify (describe) a noun or pronoun.
Use teacher to determine the correctness of the sentence
Identify the Subject(s) and Verb(s)
When choosing a political party, make yourself well-informed on its standards and beliefs.
Subject(s): (you)
Verb(s): make
Identify the complements
The king called the man innocent.
D.O.- man
O.C.- innocent
Identify the Adj. Adv. Prep phrase
"You can't think outside of the box if there was never a box there; so don't put one around yourself."
Adv.- n't, never, n't
Prep. phrase- outside of the box, around yourself
Difference between transitive and intransitive
transitive verbs have a receiver for the action, intransitive do not
Define an Adverb
Find all adverbs in the following sentence
The boy in the red cannot run as quickly as the boy in the blue can run.
A word that modifies (describes) a(n) verb, adjective, or another
not
as quickly as
Identify the Subject(s) and verb(s)
President Donald Trump and former president Barak Obama have served two terms in office, yet they have had very different affects and views on the American people due to actions done both in and out of office.
Subject(s): Donald Trump, Barak Obama, they
Verb(s): have served, have had
Identify the complements
The congresswoman is also a determined mother, a trusted friend, and a caring daughter.
P.N.- mother, friend, daughter
Toraine threw the gritty, rubber ball as far as he could, but he made it just short of the record line.
Adj.- gritty, rubber
Adv.- as far as, just, short
Prep. phrase- of the record line
difference between a predicate nominative and a predicate adjective
a predicate nominative is a noun or pronoun that follows a linking verb and renames the subject, while a predicate adjective is an adjective that follows a linking verb and describes the subject
Define an objective complement
What type of noun does it modify
identify it in the following sentence:
Listening to music makes me very happy.
Renames or further describes (modifies) the direct object
Direct Object
happy
Identify the Subject(s) and Verb(s)
Illiana, Ketnnisha, and Asheley had planned to go out this weekend, but because of the severe weather, they had to cancel and reschedule for another day.
Subject(s): Illiana, Ketnnisha, Asheley, they
verb(s): had planned, cancel, reschedule
Identify the complements
The officer offered a lump sum of money to whoever could solve the case, but the suspect was he commanding chief.
D.O.- money
P.N.- chief
Identify the Adj. Adv. Prep phrase
The students in Miss Pratt's first period class were given hundreds on their Grammar test due to their extensive knowledge on the topics.
Adj.- Pratt's, period, their, their, extensive
Adv.- first
Prep. phrase- in Miss Pratt's first period class, on their Grammar test, on the topics
Name all eight PARTS OF SPEECH
Noun, Verb, Pronoun, Adjective, Adverb, Preposition, Conjunction, Interjection