subject/direct object
Name the subject in the following sentence.
The president of the company held a meeting.
president
What kind of verb is in a sentence that has a subject complement?
linking verb
How do you usually start a sentence that's asking for a the time?
When
What is the capital of California?
Sacramento
DOUBLE JEOPARDY
What is 20 times 6 (first answer sticks!)
120
What is baby frog called?
A tadpole or polliwog.
DOUBLE JEOPARDY
What is the equation for finding the DO?
S+V=DO
DOUBLE JEOPARDY
Which part of speech takes the place of a noun?
pronouns
What's another word for a question sentence?
interrogative sentence
DOUBLE JEOPARDY
What is the capital of Florida?
Tallahassee
a word that describes a noun
adjective
DOUBLE JEOPARDY
What step in the water cycle produces rain, sleet, or snow?
What step in the water cycle produces rain, sleet, or snow?
Name the direct object in the following sentence.
Tony threw the plastic baby at Steve.
baby
Concrete or abstract:
curiosity, cushion
abstract, concrete
DOUBLE JEOPARDY
What's the second half of a sentence called? (the part that tells what the subject does)
the predicate
What is the capital of China?
Beijing
The largest continent in the world
(careful, first answer sticks!)
Asia
What are two things all living things need to survive?
water, air, shelter, food
What is the relationship between the subject and the verb?
The subject is what's doing the verb
knives, teeth, salmon, children
irregular nouns
Identify this type of sentence:
Put your pencils back in the box.
imperative sentence
What is the name of a railing along a staircase used to keep people from falling?
banister
What is the only group of birds able to fly backward?
hummingbirds
What is another word for the environment that an animal lives in?
habitat
What is the relationship between the direct object and the verb?
The verb is acting on the direct object
Name at least 5 of the 8 parts of speech
noun, pronoun, adjective, verb, adverb, preposition, conjunction, and interjection.
Name this part of the sentence:
Tony ran head first into the bouncy house!
the predicate
What item is the Statue of Liberty holding in her hand?
a torch
BONUS300: Which country gifted the statue to America?
Who am I? I refused to give up my seat and they protested buses because I was arrested.
Rosa Parks
What is a cloud made of?
water droplets.
What is the relationship between the indirect object and the rest of the sentence?
The indirect object is what's receiving the direct object from the subject.
What parts of a sentence are most commonly nouns? (3)
subject, indirect object, direct object, object of a preposition
What is it called when there are more than one predicate in a sentence?
Compound predicates
Elephants are the only mammals that cannot do what?
jump
What is caused when the Moon moves into the Earth's shadow?
lunar eclipse
What's the fastest LAND animal in the world?
What's the fastest animal in the world?
Cheetah (50 – 80 mph)
Peregrine falcon (240 mph!!)