Subject/Verb/Preposition
What is a subject?
A subject is the who or what in the sentence.
A subject is a noun (person, place, or thing) or a pronoun (he, she, it)
What is the subject?
The cat under the bed sleeps all day.
Cat
The key to the doors are missing.
The key to the doors is missing.
2
The leader of the scouts ______ (lead / leads) the hike.
leads
What does the I in the IDEA acronym stand for?
Infer
What is another name for a verb?
Predicate
What is the verb?
Two players on our team run fast.
Run
The members of the club meets every Tuesday.
The members of the club meet every Tuesday.
2
The apples in the basket ______ (is / are) fresh.
are
What does the D in IDEAS acronym stand for?
Definition
What is a verb?
A verb is the action or motion in a sentence.
What is the preposition word?
The students in the hallway talk loudly.
In
The bag of delicious oranges smells sweet.
The bag of delicious oranges smell sweet.
1
The girl with the three dogs __________ (walk / walks) past my house every morning.
walks
What does the E in IDEAS acronym stand for?
Examples
Give me an example of a preposition word?
Of, in, from, about, out, above, under, for, to, with, at, by
What is the preposition phrase?
A bird with bright blue feathers sings outside.
With bright blue feathers
The instructions for the game are easy to follow.
The instructions for the game is easy to follow.
1
The lights in the gymnasium __________ (flicker / flickers) during the storm.
flicker
Analogy
What does a preposition word or phrase do?
A preposition shows the relationship or position between a noun or pronoun and other words in a sentence
Bonus: usually indicating time, place, direction, or position
Identify the subject, verb, and prepositional phrase.
The books under the desk belong to Maria.
Subject: books
Verb: belong
Prepositional phrase: under the desk
Neither the teacher nor the students know the answer to the bonus question.
Neither the teacher nor the students knows the answer to the bonus question.
Neither the teacher nor the students know the answer to the bonus question.
Each of the answers __________ (require / requires) careful thought.
What does the S in IDEAS acronym stand for?
Synonym