Sentences
What is the simple subject of the following sentence: That big fat dog knocked over my plate.
dog
This is the time and place where a story occurs.
The setting.
This part of speech is a person, place, thing, or idea.
A noun.
This "e" word is another way to describe something as spooky, frightening, and strange.
eerie
This is the verb in the following sentence.
The dog barked loudly.
barked
This part of a sentence tells who or what the sentence is about.
Subject - the main topic of the sentence.
This is the message or main idea of a story.
Theme
This is the "be verb" in the following sentence.
The cake was delicious at the party.
was
This "h" word means extremely unpleasant or disgusting, and it is used by the narrator of "The Tell-Tale Heart" to describe the beating heart sound under the floorboards.
hideous - "The beating of that hideous heart!"
Who or what is the complete subject of this sentence?
After the movie, Sarah and her friends went to dinner.
Sarah and her friends
The following is a complete sentence, true or false?
The old friends remembered.
True. This sentence has a subject (The old friends) and a predicate/verb (remembered)
In "The Tell-Tale Heart," the old man was murdered because the narrator was obsessed with this feature of his face.
His eye (or pale vulture eye).
When two ideas are put together, this common part of speech includes words like "and, but, or, also, however, etc."
A conjunction
"Desolate" is another way of saying what idea?
lonely, empty, alone, abandoned, isolated, etc.
What is the main verb in this sentence?
The teacher, who had just finished grading papers, decided to take a break.
decided - grading is part of the clause.
The following sentence is complete. True or False?
The old haunted house on the hill.
False. This sentence is missing a main verb or be verb (is/was).
In "The Masque of the Red Death," this wealthy prince locks himself and his friends into a large castle to party, dance, and avoid the bloody disease.
Prince Pospero
What is the preposition (a word that gives more information about where or when) in the following sentence?
I found my phone under my bed.
under
With a first sound like a melon, this word means "sad" or "unhappy."
melancholy
In the following sentence, the subject is "women's basketball." True or false.
My friends and I love to watch women's basketball.
False. The subject, or who or what is doing the action, is "My friends and I" while "women's basketball" is the object of the sentence.
What is the complete predicate in this sentence?
The young artist painted a vibrant mural on the school wall.
Painted a vibrant mural on the school wall.
In "Hair," the protagonists first eats hair when he finds it on this vegetable.
Asparagus.
This "be" verb can be used in the present tense with "you" as the subject.
are
"Macabre" means that a story can also be described as this.
dark, scary, gruesome, gory, ghastly, grim, sinister, eerie, terrifying, disturbing, etc.
The main verb in this sentence is not a part of a prepositional phrase (where or when).What is the main verb?
The children were excited after running through the park and playing on the swings.
were (a "be" verb), while "running" and "playing" are part of prepositional phrases ("after running through the park" and "on the swings").