AD-ditives
What's in a Verb Phrase
Be Direct (or Indirect) with Me
A Preposition
for you...
Are you talking to (I or Me)?
100
James is (real / really) good at soccer.
What is REALLY (ADVERB that modifies an adjective (good))
100
Andy will take the campers.
What is WILL TAKE (ACTION)
100
FIND THE DIRECT OBJECT... Garfield ate a whole lasagna.
What is LASAGNA? (what was eaten)
100
FIND THE PREPOSITIONAL PHRASE... After school, I will grab a coffee
What is AFTER SCHOOL. (AFTER=PREPOSITION SCHOOL=OBJECT)
100
(WHO / WHOM) is knocking at the door?
What is WHO? (it's the subject)
200
I did (good / well) on my practice test.
What is WELL (ADVERB that modifies a verb (did))
200
Abby might be waiting for him.
What is MIGHT BE WAITING (action)
200
FIND THE DIRECT OBJECT Lucy quickly snatched the football away from Charlie Brown.
What is FOOTBALL? (what was snatched)
200
In the not too distant future, there was a guy named Joel.
What is IN THE NOT TOO DISTANT FUTURE (PREPOSITION=IN OBJECT=FUTURE)
200
The one knocking is (WHO / WHOM)?
What is WHO? (Who follows a linking verb and can be flipped with the subject)
300
If you practice, you should not perform (bad / badly) on the test.
What is BADLY (ADVERB that modifies a verb (perform))
300
Coop is a hopeless romantic.
What is IS (linking)
300
FIND THE INDIRECT OBJECT... Norman gave his mother a hug in the fruit cellar.
What is MOTHER. (to whom was the hug given)
300
The magician sawed the woman into two pieces and astounded the crowd.
What is INTO TWO PIECES (PREPOSITION = INTO OBJECT = PIECES)
300
Mark and (THEY / THEM) are swinging by my house after dinner.
What is THEY? (THEY is part of my subject; try eliminating "Mark and...")
400
Nobody feels (bad / badly) for people who do not study.
What is BAD (ADJECTIVE that links back to and modifies a pronoun (nobody))
400
Beth and Henry should have noticed each other earlier in the summer.
What is SHOULD HAVE NOTICED (action)
400
FIND THE INDIRECT OBJECT... I sent my brother a gift package in the mail.
What is MY BROTHER? (for whom was the package sent)
400
Next year, I would like to go to Tokyo Disney Sea.
What is TO TOKYO DISNEY SEA? (PREPOSITION=TO OBJECT=TOKYO DISNEY SEA)
400
My favorite contestants on America's Got Talent are (THEM / THEY).
What is THEY? (THEY follows a linking verb (are); you can switch it with the subject-- THEY are my favorite contestants on America's Got Talent)
500
When I see a test, I do not feel (GOOD / WELL).
What is WELL (ADJECTIVE that links back to I)
500
The campers have been lost in the low ropes course for weeks.
What is HAVE BEEN (linking)
500
FIND THE DIRECT OBJECT... In the middle of the winter, a stranger helped and jumped my car for me.
What is CAR? (What was jumped?)
500
It is hard to believe that the Pirates are in the playoff picture this year.
What is IN THE PLAYOFF PICTURE (PREPOSITION = IN OBJECT = PICTURE)
500
You want to go to the party with (WHO / WHOM)?
What is WHOM? (WHOM needs to be in the object case because it is the object of a preposition (with)).
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