Subjects
What is the simple subject in this sentence:
The dog ran.
dog
My teacher graded papers.
graded
What is the adjective in this sentence:
My funny friend told a joke.
funny
What is the adverb in this sentence:
She screamed excitedly.
excitedly
What is the preposition in this sentence:
The book is on the shelf.
on
What is the simple subject in this sentence:
The grumpy old man shook his fist.
man
What is the simple predicate in this sentence:
The sharp yellow pencil rolled off the desk.
rolled
What is the adjective in this sentence:
I yawned exhaustedly as I tried to hold open my sleepy eyes.
sleepy
What is the adverb in this sentence:
Four incredibly fast horses raced around the track at Churchill Downs.
incredibly
I can't believe I dropped my phone into a bucket of milk!
into
What is the complete subject in this sentence:
The very spicy pepper burned my mouth!
The very spicy pepper
What is the complete predicate in this sentence:
The annoying baby cried all night long.
cried all night long
What are the two adjectives in this sentence:
The hateful villain cast a vicious spell on the princess.
hateful, vicious
What is the adverb in this sentence:
Annoyingly, Cecilia's pink plastic glasses kept slipping down her nose.
Annoyingly
What is the preposition in this sentence:
I hate that my birthday is during the winter.
during
True or False:
The complete subject is the main noun or pronoun of a sentence plus all the words that describe it.
True
True or False:
The complete predicate is the main verb or verb phrase in a sentence that tells what the subject does or is, without any extra describing words.
False
The COMPLETE predicate is the part of a sentence that contains the main verb and all the words that tell what the subject is doing or being
The big brown dog ran quickly across the yard.
simple predicate = ran
COMPLETE predicate = ran quickly across the yard
Adjective is the part of speech that describes a ______ or pronoun.
noun
Examples:
The brown dog.
The angry principal.
True or False:
An adverb gives extra details in a sentence by describing a verb or an adjective.
TRUE
How: ran quickly, sang softly
How much: very hungry, extremely cute
How often: I eat breakfast daily.
True or False:
A prepositional phrase is a small single word that shows where something/someone is, when something is happening, or shows direction or movement.
FALSE
A prepositional phrase is a group of words that starts with a preposition and ends with a noun or pronoun EX: I walked to the store.
Time: in, on, and at show when something happens ex: at midnight, in the summer, on December 31
Place/Location: under, behind, and in show where something is ex: on the table, under the bed, behind the door
Direction/Movement: to, through, and into show movement toward a place ex:walks to school, ran through the neighborhood
I felt felt relief when my busy teacher finally updated the grade book on Infinite Campus.
I
The person who felt something is I.
Ask “Who or what is doing the main action?”
What is the complete predicate in this sentence:
TikTok videos are a great source of entertainment.
are a great source of entertainment
The complete predicate = the verb + all the words that go with the verb.
How many adjectives are in this sentence?
Tom and Jerry chased each other crazily around the house.
0 - there are no adjectives in this sentence.
How many adverbs are in this sentence:
The very hot spaghetti spilled messily down the front of his white shirt as the plate slipped clumsily from his hands.
3
very (describes the adjective hot)
messily (describes the verb spilled)
clumsily (describes the verb slipped)
What are the two prepositional phrases in this sentence:
After nearly a year, Josefina finally passed her drivers test and got her full license on Friday, August 28.