Grammar & Genre Review

Subjects

100

What is the subject of a sentence? 

The person or thing doing the action

200

Read the sentence and answer: what are the subjects in this sentence? 

Andrew got up and left the dining hall before Mark finished eating. 

300

How do you find the subject of a sentence? 

1. Find the verb

2. Ask yourself, "who or what is doing the action?" 

400

Read the sentence and determine if it is complete or not. 

Bring the computer to me.

Technically the subject is missing so it's not a true complete sentence. In this case, it's implied through command. 

500

How many subjects can be in a sentence? 

There is no limit. There can be a subject for every active verb. 

Verbs

100

Verbs indicate....? 

1. action

2. state of being or existence 

200

What are the verbs in the sentence? 

Amy drank the fizzy drink and is now floating in the air.

Drank

Is

Floating

300

What are the verb tenses? 

- past, present, and future 

400

What are the verbs in the sentence? 

I have been asking you the same question for thirty minutes now.

Have been asking 

500

What is the verb in the sentence and what does it indicate? 

I am the shortest in the class. 

AM

indicates existence or state of being 

Direct Objects

100

What is the direct object? 

The noun or pronoun receiving the action 

200

How do you find the direct object? 

1. Find the verb 

2. Ask yourself who or what is receiving the action

300

What is the direct object in the sentence: 

Don spoke for three hours.

There is NONE. 

400

What is the direct object in the sentence: 

He grabbed the books off the library shelf.

the books 

500

How many direct objects must be in a sentence for it to be complete? 

None. Not all sentences have them

Genre

100

What are the three main genres we are studying this year? 

1. Prose

2. Poetry 

3. Drama 

200

How are the three main genres different from each other? 

1. Prose

2. Poetry

3. Fiction 

Prose - structured with formal sentences and paragraphs 

Poetry - non-structured; based on meter and rhythm and sometimes rhyme. 

Drama - created for the stage/meant to be performed 

300

Which genre focuses on society in decline, usually because of government oppression, environmental ruin, or technological control? 

Dystopian 

400

Which genre is about someone's life and is not written by that person? 

biography 

500

Which genre focuses on someone's journey from childhood to adulthood? 

Coming of Age

CHANCE

100

What must a sentence have in order to be complete? 

A subject

A verb

A complete thought 

200

When do you capitalize a letter in a sentence? 

1. It starts the sentence 

2. It's a proper noun 

300

What is a proper noun? 

the official name of something, someone, or a place. 

400

What is the error in the sentence and how would you fix it? 

At solebury school, students are allowed to roam the trails without an adult 

Solebury School

end-sentence period 

500

What is the error in the sentence and how would you fix it? 

before turning in an assignment on canvas, You should make sure it's fully completed. 

Before

Canvas

do not capitalize you