Identifying Subjects, Verbs & Objects
Identify the subject in this sentence:
"I will answer this correctly."
The subject is "I": it performs the action (answering).
Restate this sentence in active voice:
"My burger was eaten by my dog."
"My dog ate my burger."
Identify if this is a phrase, an independent clause, or a dependent clause:
"My English class"
This is a phrase--there's no verb.
Identify the correct word for this sentence:"
"I refuse to loose/lose this game."
Lose
Identify the verb in this sentence:
"I think this is the answer."
"Think" is the action happening in this sentence.
Restate this sentence in active voice:
"My pencil was yeeted by Jacob."
"Jacob yeeted my pencil."
Identify if this is a phrase, an independent clause, or a dependent clause:
"I want to win."
Independent clause--it has a subject (I) and a verb (want).
Identify the correct word for this sentence:
It's/its actually pretty warm out today.
It's ("It is actually...")
Identify the object in this sentence:
"My friend gave me the answer."
"Me" is the object--it receives the action in the sentence (giving).
Restate this sentence in active voice:
"All the easiest questions were already taken by the other teams!"
"The other teams already took the easiest questions!"
Identify if this is a phrase, an independent clause, or a dependent clause:
"If I had known that"
Dependent clause--it has a subject and verb, but "if" is a dependent marker.
Identify the correct word for this sentence:
"I don't like your/you're attitude."
Your--this is a possessive usage.
Identify the subject in this sentence:
"He is a lot faster than I am."
"He" is the subject; the verb is technically "is" (is/are/am/was are all verbs because just being is something you do).
Restate the following sentence in active voice:
"A good time was had by all."
Identify if this is a phrase, an independent clause, or a dependent clause:
"The fast, blue car"
Phrase--this has adjectives (fast, blue) but no verb.
Identify the correct word for this sentence:
"I don't think your/you're ready for this."
You're--it's a contraction in this case ("I don't think you are ready for this.")
Identify the object in this sentence:
"I showed my friend this hilarious meme last night."
"My friend" is the object because that's the thing receiving the action (being shown the meme).
Restate the following sentence in active voice:
"A fair compromise is being discussed by politicians."
"Politicians are discussing a fair compromise."
Identify if this is a phrase, an independent clause, or a dependent clause:
"Once there was a way"
Dependent class--it has a subject and a verb, but "once" is a dependent marker.
Identify the correct word for this sentence:
"I don't like olives because they're/there/their too salty."
They're--this is a contraction of they+are ("...they are too salty).