Subjects
Predicates
Direct Objects
Subject Complements
Prepositional Phrases
100
The entire 8th grade is wearing black for color wars. The entire 8th grade
What is the complete subject?
100
The frozen yogurt machine started to work on Friday. started
What is the simple predicate?
100
The Halloween contest started at 5:00pm. Is there a DIRECT OBJECT?
What is No- the sentence ends with a prepositional phrase.
100
List FOUR linking verbs:
What is IS, WAS, ARE, WERE, HAD, HAVE, LOOKS, SEEMS, FEELS, DOES, AM
100
The pep rally in the gym sounded like an earthquake. prepositional phrase?
What is in the gym?
200
The frozen yogurt machine started to work on Friday. machine
What is the simple subject?
200
The entire 8th grade is wearing black for color wars. is wearing black for color wars.
What is the complete predicate?
200
The graveyard welcomed the trick-or-treaters with an eerie cackle. What is the direct object?
What is the trick-or-treaters?
200
The sky is gloomy and dark. Linking verb?
What is IS? subject complements always follow linking verbs.
200
The Halloween contest started at 5:00pm. What is the prepositional phrase?
What is at 5:00pm?
300
The field hockey teams and the volleyball teams are planning their cheers for the pep rally. What is the compound subject?
What is the field hockey teams and the volleyball teams?
300
The American flag symbol will be very popular on Tuesday. What is will be very popular on Tuesday?
What is the complete predicate?
300
The black cat drank milk before going on the prowl. What is the direct object?
What is milk?
300
The girl is so absentminded that she writes at least 5 to-do lists a day. What is the subject? the predicate? the subject complement?
What is girl (s) is (v) absentminded (sc)
300
Prepositional phrases always start with a _______ and end with a _______________.
What is prepositional phrases always start with a preposition and end with a noun or pronoun.
400
The American flag symbol will be very popular on Tuesday. What is the simple subject?
What is symbol?
400
The field hockey teams and the volleyball teams are planning their cheers for the pep rally. The simple predicate? It is a verb phrase.
What is are planning?
400
Although he was starving, the dog took a nap before dinner. direct object?
What is a nap?
400
The pirates raided the navy vessel. Is this a subject complement or a direct object?
What is a direct object?
400
The black cat scrambled out of the bush and ran down the alley. Two phrases??
What is out of the bush and down the alley?
500
After the holiday, the children, nursing stomach aches, dragged themselves to bed. Simple subject?
What is the children?
500
After the holiday, the children, nursing stomach aches, dragged themselves to bed. What is the simple predicate?
What is dragged?
500
After the assembly, the kids ate snack during advisory. Direct object??
What is snack?
500
Tough one- is this a predicate nominative or a predicate adjective? The world is a wonderland.
What is predicate nominative. The noun wonderland identifies the subject world.
500
What is the object of the preposition?? After the movies, we drove home.
What is movies?
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