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100

What end punctuation matches the interrogative sentence type?

?

100

Define Simple Subject

the main noun that tells what the sentence is about

100

Give an example of an imperative sentence

answers may vary

(any command or request that is NOT a question).

100

Diagram this sentence including any of the following: 

- simple subject, action/linking verb, direct object/predicate noun/predicate adjective, prepositional phrases

The dog ran. 

dog = SS

ran = AV

100

define simple predicate

the main verb that tells what the subject is or is doing

200

What are the basic types of sentences? 

declarative

interrogative

imperative

exclamatory

200
What are the three types of nouns

Proper, Common, Compound

200

List 6 Action verbs

Answers may vary

200

Diagram this sentence including any of the following: 

- simple subject, action/linking verb, direct object/predicate noun/predicate adjective, prepositional phrases

The summer season is almost here!

season = SS

is = LV

here = PN


200

list 5 linking verbs

am is was are were being been be have has had do does did shall will should would may might must can could

300

Define Compound Sentence

two independent clauses joined by a , + conjunction or a semicolon (;)

300

What is the correct plural form of 

baby

babies

300

List 6 prepositions

answers my vary

about above across after against among around at before behind below beside between by down during for from in inside into near of off on out over through to toward under up with

300

Diagram this sentence including any of the following: 

- simple subject, action/linking verb, direct object/predicate noun/predicate adjective, prepositional phrases

Sometimes the sky turns grey before it starts to rain. 

sky = SS

turns = AV

grey = DO

(before it) = prepositional phrase

(to rain) = prepositional phrase 

300

What is the difference between an action verb and a linking verb?

An action verb is an action while a linking verb links the subject to a predicate noun or predicate adjective

400

Define Complex Sentence

one independent clause joined with one or more dependent clauses by a comma

400

Rewrite this possessive phrase

The cane of the gentleman

the gentleman's cane

400

Match the appropriate pairs/groupings

predicate adjective, action verb, linking verb, direct object, predicate noun

AV pairs with DO

LV pairs with PA and with PN

400

Diagram this sentence including any of the following: 

- simple subject, action/linking verb, direct object/predicate noun/predicate adjective, prepositional phrases

Trees are very important to life on earth, because they give the planet oxygen. 

trees = SS

are = LV

important = PA

(to life)

(on earth)

they = SS

give = AV

oxygen = DO

400

What is the difference between a predicate noun and a predicate adjective?

predicate noun renames the subject, while the predicate adjective describes the subject

500

What type of sentence is this?

(simple, compound, complex)

When I was younger, chasing the ice cream truck was my favorite summer pass-time. 

complex

500

Fix this sentence

the mans threw their families trash away in the garbage can's outside of the baseball stadiums doors. 

The men threw their families' trash away in the garbage cans outside of the baseball stadium's doors. 

500

What is the difference between a Direct Object and an Object of the Preposition?

A direct object receives the verb's action, while the object of the preposition belongs to its prepositional phrase

500

Diagram this sentence including any of the following: 

- simple subject, action/linking verb, direct object/predicate noun/predicate adjective, prepositional phrases

Bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds are our world's pollinators, so life on earth would become extinct without them.

Bees = SS

Butterflies = SS

Hummingbirds = SS

are = LV

pollinators = PN 

life = SS

(on earth)

would become = LV

extinct = PN

(without them)

500

define direct object

the noun in the predicate that receives the action of the simple predicate

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