Parts of Speech, #1
They are the nouns in this sentence:
"Mud saw two lazy pelicans on the beach."
What are Mud, pelicans, and beach?
The parts of the sentence can be subject, predicate, DO, IO, and SC; it's the subject in the following sentence:
"Mud saw two lazy pelicans on the beach."
What is "Mud"?
They are the nouns in the following sentence:
"At sunset, Mud gave him a short answer."
What are "sunset", Mud", and "answer"?
The parts of the sentence can be subject, predicate, DO, IO, and SC.
It is the subject in the following sentence:
"At sunset, Mud gave him a short answer."
What is "Mud"?
It is the prepositional phrase in the following sentence:
"At sunset, Mud gave him a short answer."
What is "at sunset"?
"Mud saw two lazy pelicans on the beach."
The parts of the sentence can be subject, predicate, DO, IO, and SC; it's the predicate in the following sentence:
"Mud saw two lazy pelicans on the beach."
What is "saw"?
They are the verbs in the following sentence:
"At sunset, Mud gave him a short answer."
What is "gave"?
The parts of the sentence can be subject, predicate, DO, IO, and SC.
It is the predicate in the following sentence:
"At sunset, Mud gave him a short answer."
What is "gave"?
It is the clause in the following sentence:
"At sunset, Mud gave him a short answer."
What is "the whole sentence is one independent clause"?
They are the adjectives in the following sentence:
"Mud saw two lazy pelicans on the beach."
What are two, lazy, and the?
The parts of the sentence can be subject, predicate, DO, IO, and SC; they are the direct object and indirect object in the following sentence:
"Mud saw two lazy pelicans on the beach."
They are the prepositions in the following sentence:
"At sunset, Mud gave him a short answer."
What is "At"?
The parts of the sentence can be subject, predicate, DO, IO, and SC.
It is the DO in the following sentence:
"At sunset, Mud gave him a short answer."
What is "answer"?
It's the preposition in the following sentence:
"Mud saw two lazy pelicans on the beach."
What is "on"?
It's the prepositional phrase in the following sentence:
"Mud saw two lazy pelicans on the beach."
What is "on the beach"?
They are the pronouns in the following sentence:
"At sunset, Mud gave him a short answer."
What is "him"?
The parts of the sentence can be subject, predicate, DO, IO, and SC.
It is the IO in the following sentence:
"At sunset, Mud gave him a short answer."
What is "him"?
It's the clause in the following sentence:
"Mud saw two lazy pelicans on the beach."
What is "the whole sentence is one independent clause".
They are the adjectives in the following sentence:
"At sunset, Mud gave him a short answer."
What are "a" and "short"?
The parts of the sentence can be subject, predicate, DO, IO, and SC.
It is the SC in the following sentence:
"At sunset, Mud gave him a short answer."
What is no answer?