PARTS OF SPEECH
I ate a big breakfast this morning
SUBJECT: Egg salad on toast is my favorite thing to eat for breakfast in the morning
egg salad on toast
I want to eat some egg salad on toast
Declarative
I ate egg salad on toast for breakfast this morning
A, An, and The always function as this part of speech
Adjective
My breakfast wasn't very filling so I decided to eat another breakfast
Adjective
PREDICATE: Without my breakfast in the morning I would be unable to function in society
would be unable to function in society
Can I please have some more egg salad on toast
Interrogative
Show me your homework
Direct object: homework
Indirect object: me
An indirect object will never be found without one of these
Direct object
Let's go to the diner to get a big delicious breakfast
Preposition
SUBJECT: Do people all around the world eat eggs for breakfast?
people all around the world
Never eat soggy waffles
Imperative
We are going to live forever!
No object
This part of the sentence is found at the start of an interrogative sentence
Verb
There is nothing in the world I value more than the time I spend eating breakfast
Pronoun
PREDICATE: Cooking breakfast in the morning can sometimes be difficult because I am not fully awake yet
can sometimes be difficult because I am not fully awake yet
Will I ever eat another breakfast again
Interrogative
Can I have a piece of candy?
Direct object: piece
This personal pronoun is the implied subject in an imperative sentence
You
I do not ever want to go a single day without breakfast ever again
Adverb
PREDICATE: Do you want to go skiing on the mountain tomorrow morning after breakfast?
I wonder if aliens eat alien eggs for alien breakfast
Declarative
Give the chef my compliments on this outstanding bowl of soup
Direct object: compliments
Indirect object: chef
A sentence lacking either a subject or a predicate is referred to as one of these
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