Subjects
What are the Subject questions?
Who or What?
What type of verb shows an action of the subject?
Action Verb
Is this a possible sentence pattern?
S-AV-DO-IO?
No. The Indirect Object always comes before the Direct Object.
A pronoun takes the place of a ______________.
Noun
Label all the words in this sentence.
Jessie threw Jackson the frisbee.
S-Jessie, V-threw, IO-Jackson, A - the, DO - frisbee.
Subjects are always what 2 parts of speech?
Noun or pronoun
What type of verb links the subject to other words in the sentence?
Linking verb
What is the sentence pattern when a sentence has a linking verb?
S-LV-PN/PA
What is the pronoun in this sentence?
He drove to school on Thursday.
Label all the words in the sentence.
The ball is green.
A-The, S-ball, LV-is, PA - green
Can a possessive pronoun be the subject of the sentence?
Yes!
Sometimes an action verb has a helper. What is this verb called?
Helping Verb
If a sentence has an action verb, can it have a PN or PA?
No.
What is the possessive pronoun? Is it a Subject or PN? Theirs is the purple one on the table.
Theirs, Subject
Label all the words in the sentence. Jack won the prize.
S-Jack, AV-won, A-the, DO-prize
Identify the subject of this sentence:
My friend and I ran down the hill.
friend, I
Write the 8 main linking verbs on your board.
am, is, are, was, were, be, being, been
If a sentence has an action verb, can it have a direct object?
Yes.
What is the possessive noun in the sentence? Is it an adjective or a subject? My dad bought me new shoes today.
My, adjective
My house is blue and yellow.
Adj - My, S-house, LV-is, PA-blue, C-and, PA-yellow
Identify the subject of the sentence:
Theirs is the best pizza in the city.
Theirs
Sing the 23 Helping Verbs, or write them on your board.
am, is, are, was, were, be, being, been, have, has, had, do, does, did, shall, will, should, would, may, might, must, can, could
Can you have an indirect object but no direct object?
No
What is the possessive noun in the sentence? Is it a subject or a predicate noun?
The yellow car is theirs.
theirs, PN
S-She, AV-fed, A-the, DO-cat