Verbs
The definition of a verb
What is an action word?
A simple sentence contains these two parts
What is a subject and a predicate?
A compound sentence contains these three things
What is a coordinating conjunction between two independent clauses?
"It was raining hard there was a strong wind."
What is a run-on sentence? This sentence needs a coordinating conjunction or to be separated into two simple sentences.
The verb that completes the sentence: "The ribbon _____ your dress perfectly." (match/matches)
What is the verb matches?
The verbs in the following sentence: "Jade read the book from cover to cover, but Ted did not finish it."
What are read and finish?
This part of a simple sentence contains the verb
What is the predicate?
The coordinating conjunction in this compound sentence: "Jade read the book from cover to cover, but Ted did not finish it."
What is the word but?
"Mary the door."
What is a sentence fragment? This sentence is missing the predicate containing the verb.
The verb that completes the sentence: "The solders _____ the city." (defend/defends)
What is the verb defend?
The verb in the following sentence: "We went for snacks after school."
What is went?
The subject in the following sentence: "I went to the movies last night."
What is the word I?
The coordinating conjunction in the following sentence: "You can buy a Halloween costume, or I can lend you mine from last year."
What is the coordinating conjunction or?
"A turkey sandwich makes a good lunch."
What is a complete simple sentence?
The subject that completes the sentence: "_____ settles into bed by eight o'clock." (My brothers/Dale)
What is the subject Dale?
The verbs in the following sentence: "Sara walked to class, but Kevin ran."
What are the verbs walked and ran?
The subjects in the following sentence: "John is a good swimmer, and Jane is a good runner."
What are the subjects John and Jane?
The coordinating conjunction in the following sentence: "Luis bought decorations for the party, but Carla prepared all of the food."
What is the coordinating conjunction but?
"I want pizza, but Mary wants hamburgers."
What is a compound sentence? The coordinating conjunction but combines the two independent clauses in this sentence.
The verb that completes the sentence: "Tadpoles _____ into frogs." (develops/develop)
What is the verb develop?
The verbs in the following sentence: "I fell out of the bed, so Mom came to check on me."
What are the verbs fell and came, or the phrase came to check?
The subject in the following sentence: "A turkey sandwich make a good lunch."
What is a turkey sandwich?
The coordinating conjunction in the following sentence: "The storm created huge waves, so the lifeguards closed the beach."
What is the coordinating conjunction so?
"Elena came to the meeting Pablo stayed home."
What is a run-on sentence? This sentence is missing a comma and the coordinating conjunction but to combine the two independent clauses.
The subject that completes the sentence: "_____ improves at baseball every year." (My brother/Brett and Tom)
What is the subject "My brother"?