Nouns and Pronouns
What is a noun?
A word that names a person, place, thing, or idea.
What is the complete subject in the sentence: "The big dog barked loudly"?
"The big dog"
What is the simple subject in the sentence: "The dog barked"?
"dog"
What is a verb?
A word that describes an action or state of being.
What is a sentence fragment?
A group of words that does not express a complete thought.
What is a pronoun?
A word that takes the place of a noun.
What is the complete predicate in the sentence: "The children played soccer in the park"?
"played soccer in the park"
What is the simple predicate in the sentence: "The cat sleeps"?
"sleeps"
Give an example of an action verb.
"run", "jump", or "swim".
Identify the fragment: "Although he was tired. Collin ran all the way to the park. It was fun."
"Although he was tired."
Identify the nouns in this sentence: "The cat chased the ball."
"cat" and "ball"
Identify the complete subject: "The old man with the gray beard walked slowly."
"The old man with the gray beard"
Identify the simple subject in: "My older brother went to the store."
"brother"
What is the verb in the sentence: "She read a book"?
"read"
Correct the fragment: "Because I like ice cream."
"I like ice cream because it's delicious."
Identify the pronoun in this sentence: "She worked very hard to complete the sculpture."
"She"
What is the complete predicate in this sentence: "The flowers in the garden bloomed beautifully"?
"bloomed beautifully"
What is the simple predicate in this sentence: "The children laughed at the joke"?
"laughed"
Change the verb "play" to past tense.
What makes a complete sentence?
A complete sentence has a subject and a predicate (verb).
Replace the nouns in the subject with a subject pronoun. "Connor, Malcolm, and Jack played in the basketball game."
They played in the basketball game.
Create a sentence with a complete subject and a complete predicate.
Answers will vary (example: "The teacher explained the lesson clearly.").
Create a sentence with only a simple subject and simple predicate.
Answers will vary (example: "Birds sing.").
Write a sentence using a verb in future tense.
Answers will vary (example: "I will go to the park tomorrow.")
What is missing from this fragment? "Georgie into the driveway."
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