Subject and Predicate
What is rats (SS) and leapt (SP)
The kind of verb a direct object and indirect object always follows
What is an action verb?
The kind of verb subject complements always follow
What are linking verbs?
The order of normal sentences in English
What are subject then predicate?
Where object complements always fall in a sentence.
Where is after a direct object?
Copy down the simple subject and simple predicate (and which is which): The glasses of water and cups of coffee sat on the counter.
What are glasses and cups (ss) and sat (sp)?
The direct object in the sentence: Wrap that cape around you tighter against the chill.
What is cape?
The predicate adjective in the sentence: Benjamin kicked the soccer ball high up into the air.
What is there is none?
The object complement in the sentence: Willow called the whole process stupid.
What is stupid?
The complement that is found in prepositional phrases
What is none?
Between what which you draw the line delineating your complete subject and predicate in the sentence:
The raspy breath of a sick child is no joke.
Where is between child and is?
The direct object and indirect object in the sentence: The wind tossed Jeremy Heather's scarf when it blew away.
What is Jeremy (IO) and scarf (DO)?
The predicate nominative in the sentence: The Mudslide is the undeniably best drink at Benny's diner.
What is drink?
What is: The adventurers ran off on another quest?
Write an original sentence containing: a predicate adjective.
What is {who knows what you said but somebody got it right, I assume}?
Write the complete subject and complete predicate in the sentence with a line between (and label each):
You should really be quieter in the library, Sir.
S. P.
What is You | should really be quieter in the library | Sir. (S)
The direct object and indirect object in the sentence: That crow seems to be an even better flyer than the falcon.
What is none?
Whether the object complement is a PN or a PA and what it is: The breeze felt like a bucket of ice water.
What is bucket, a PN?
Invert the following sentence:
The thief leapt from roof to roof.
What is: From roof to roof leapt the thief?
Write an original sentence separating the complete subject, complete predicate, labeling the verb type, and featuring a direct object.
What is {some very active sentence}?
Write the complete subject and complete predicate of the sentence with a line between (and label each):
Martin's little brother was in so much trouble for his behavior.
What is:
S. P.
Martin's little brother | was in so much trouble for his behavior.
The direct and indirect object in the sentence: Louis stopped on his errands and took an invitation to Jonathan.
What is invitation (DO) and no IO?
Whether the subject complement is a PN or a PA and which it is: You really think Debbie is sweet and a good friend?
What are both sweet (PA) and friend (PN)?
Revert the following sentence and label the next sentence's object complement.
Upon the walls were scrawled the words.
Bathory painted the words green.
What are: The words were scrawled upon the walls and green?
Bring it all together: Write out the complete subject, complete predicate, the verb type, the direct object, and the indirect object.
A perpetually late employee often hands her boss excuses.
What is: (A perpetually late employee–CS, often hands her boss excuses–CP, VERB: Action, DO: Excuses, and IO: Boss).