Indirect Objects
Prepositional Phrases
Direct Objects
Compound Things
Basic Sentences
100
A sentence does not have to contain an indirect object, BUT, if it it does, it must also contain one of these.
What is a DIRECT OBJECT
100

In the sentence "The train tracks ran through a tunnel." these words are the prepositional phrase.

What is THROUGH A TUNNEL
100

In the sentence "The man walks a dog every day." this is the direct object.

What is A DOG
100
The sentence "John and Mary run to the store." contains a compound one of these.
What is a compound SUBJECT
100
Every sentence must contain these 2 parts
What is a SUBJECT and PREDICATE
200

In the sentence "The mother made the children sandwiches." this is the indirect object.

What is THE CHILDREN
200

In the sentence "Under a bright moon I sang a song." these words are the prepositional phrase.

What are UNDER A BRIGHT MOON
200

In the sentence "Halloween gives joy to children." this is the direct object.

What is JOY
200

The sentence "The dog on the roof and the cat under the steps ran away from home." contains a compound one of these.

What is a compound SUBJECT
200

The sentence "The soldier who fought in two wars with his friends." is missing one of these.

What is a PREDICATE
300

In the sentence "The police officer gave every speeding car a ticket." this is the indirect object.

What is EVERY SPEEDING CAR

300

In the sentence "At the rifle range the shooters shot many times." these words are the prepositional phrase.

What are AT THE RIFLE RANGE
300

In the sentence "Superman fought Lex Luther and Batman fought the Joker." these are the direct objects.

What are LEX LUTHER and THE JOKER
300

The sentence "Andrew hates broccoli but loves peas." contains a compound one of these.


What is a compound PREDICATE
300

The sentence "Ran twelve miles on hot concrete." is missing one of these.

What is a SUBJECT
400

In the sentence "The father, who loved his children, brought them toys." this is the indirect object.

What is THEM

400

In the sentence "The United States is the most powerful country in the world, but acts peacefully." these words are the prepositional phrase.

What are IN THE WORLD
400

In the sentence "James and John caught the flu and a cold during winter." these are the direct objects.

What are THE FLU and A COLD
400
You must have this type of word separating the two parts of a compound subject or predicate.
What is a CONJUNCTION
400

The sentence "The students in the hallway, who heard a fire alarm." is missing one of these.

What is a PREDICATE

500

In the sentence "The president gave the Supreme Court and Congress gifts and handshakes." these are the two indirect objects.

What are THE SUPREME COURT and CONGRESS
500

In the sentence "Inside the building spiders lived in every corner." these are the two prepositional phrases.

What are INSIDE THE BUILDING and IN EVERY CORNER
500

In the sentence "Mike and Mary gave Tim and Tom money and gifts for Christmas presents." these are the direct objects.

What are MONEY and GIFTS
500
This is what you get when you don't separate a compound subject or predicate with words like "or", "and" or "but"
What is a RUN ON SENTENCE?
500
The subject part of a sentence may contain many different types of words - but it MUST contain at least one ________ or _________ .
What is a NOUN or PRONOUN
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