Subject/Predicate
The simple subject and predicate (don't write the whole sentence but label which is which) of this sentence:
The play will last for two hours and fifteen minutes.
What is play (S) and will last (P)?
Write out the question a DO always answers.
The kind of verb that PNs and PAs always follow (two words–no shortening).
What is a linking verb?
The object complement of this sentence:
Big moves made the puppies skittish around horses.
What is skittish?
The kind of verbs (don't shorten two words) that DOs and IOs follow.
What are action verbs?
The simple subject and simple predicate of this sentence (don't write out the whole sentence but do label which is which):
Jenny and Melissa won the contest with their wonderful baking.
What is Jenny and Melissa (S) and won (P)?
Write the DO of this sentence (not the whole sentence):
Reginald threw his brother the baseball with excellent aim.
What is baseball?
Exams are a stressful period in the school year.
What is period?
The order of subject and predicate (don't shorten them) in an inverted sentence.
What is predicate and then subject?
I made a delicious cake for the party.
I–simple subject
Cake–do?
The festival will feature a dance recital but also have hot chocolate.
What is:
The festival will feature a dance recital but also have hot chocolate. What is compound predicate?
Write out the sentence and underline the DO:
Patricia's aunt gave her a new puppy for Christmas without asking.
What is:
Patricia's aunt gave her a new puppy for Christmas without asking.
What is the PA in this sentence:
Thomas is careful never to gossip about his friends.
What is careful?
Write out the sentence, and underline the object complement and label it:
Alice painted the roses red with the card soldiers.
What is:
Alice painted the roses red (OC) with the card soldiers.
Write out the sentence, separate and label complete subject from complete predicate, and label your PA:
A very successful round of Monopoly can be so long.
What is:
CS. CP
A very successful round of Monopoly | can be so long (PA).
Write out the sentence, draw a vertical line separating complete subject from predicate, and label which side is which:
A perfect day will include a trip to the bookstore with my friend.
What is:
S. P.
A perfect day | will include a trip to the bookstore with my friend.
Write out the sentence and underline both the DO and the IO, labeling which is which:
The soldier gave his commanding officer a fancy salute before he left.
What is:
The soldier gave his commanding officer (IO) a fancy salute (DO) before he left.
Write out the sentence and underline and label the PN:
The storm is a large hurricane that developed off the coast.
What is:
The storm is a large hurricane (PN) that developed off the coast.
The shouting echoed down the hall.
What is:
Down the hall echoed the shouting.
Write out the sentence, underline and label your simple compound subject, simple predicate, DO, and IO:
The boys and girls of the class wrote their penpals several letters.
What is:
Compound Subj
The boys and girls of the class wrote (SP) their penpals (IO) several letters (DO).
Write out the sentence, draw a vertical line separating complete subject from predicate, and label which side is which:
The plan to take over the world went off without a hitch.
What is:
S. P.
The plan to take over the world | went off without a hitch.
Write out your own sentence which features a DO and an IO, properly used and labeled.
WOW YOU ARE SO SMART?
Write out the sentence, underline the object complement, and label if it is a PN or a PA:
The big secret was terrible to hear and very exciting.
What is:
The big secret was terrible to hear and very exciting.
PAS?
Revert the following sentence:
Down the aisle walked the bride.
What is:
The bride walked down the aisle.
Compose a sentence with a compound predicate and at least one DO. Separate the sentence with a vertical line and label which side is complete subject and which side is complete predicate.
WOW YOU ARE SO SMART?