Identify the compound subjects:
Posters or small notices will be placed in local stores.
Posters, notices
100
What is a compound verb?
Two or more verbs with the same subject
100
The capital of Indiana is Indianapolis.
Indianapolis
100
Snow blasted the northern states.
states
100
What is an indirect object?
A noun or a pronoun that follows an action verb and answers the question "to whom?" or "for whom?" or "to what?" or "for what?".
200
When you identify a compound subject, what words should you include?
You should include only the nouns and pronouns that answer the questions Who? or What? about the verb. You should not include words such as "and" or "or".
200
Identify the compound verbs:
John took notes and typed them up later.
took, typed
200
Those jelly beans are treats from my lunch.
treats
200
What is a direct object?
A noun or pronoun that answers the question "whom?" or "what?" after an action verb.
200
True or False
Only nouns or pronouns can act as indirect objects.
true
300
Identify the compound subjects:
Someone in the club and Mrs. Black will speak to the senator.
Someone, Mrs. Black
300
Identify the compound verbs:
Will you be going to the party or staying home?
Will be going, staying
300
A pug is a dog.
dog
300
He stapled the papers and stacked them neatly.
papers, them
300
Give him directions to our house.
him
400
Does a compound subject always have to have two nouns or pronouns as a subject?
A compound subject may have more than two nouns or pronouns as a subject, but it must have at least two.
400
Identify the SUBJECT:
Run and hide.
You
400
Is that colorful bird a bird-of-paradise?
bird-of-paradise
400
The cousins played on the back porch.
none
400
He never told me anything about that.
me
500
Identify the compound subjects:
Underneath the table were my pencil and 37 cents.
Pencil, cents
500
Identify the compound verb:
We were dressed in our best clothes, but were drenched by the sprinklers on the way to the car.
were dressed, were drenched
500
My grandfather remains a tap-dancer.
tap-dancer
500
I wouldn't say this to just anyone.
this
500
Will you write your friends a letter about your trip?