Subjects
Predicates
Phrases
Clauses
Wild Card
100
Tells what or whom the sentence is about.
What is a subject?
100
This indicates what a subject does, what happens to the subject, or what is said about the subject.
What is a predicate?
100
A prepositional phrase consists of a _________, the object of the _________ (noun or pronoun), and any modifiers of the object.
What is Preposition/Preposition
100
A clauses is a group of words that contain a _______ and a ________
What is subject/predicate
100
The part of speech of a subject
What is a noun?
200
The subject of the following: The clock on the mantel was given to her by her grandmother.
What is "Clock"?
200
Identify the simple predicate of the following: A snow bicycle for Antarctic workers has been developed.
What is "has been developed"?
200
Identify the prepositional phrase of the following: He fell on the icy sidewalk.
What is "on the icy sidewalk"
200
Identify the kind of clause in the following sentence: "She wants to travel the world and see wonderful sights."
What is an independent clause?
200
These are what a predicate can indicate (2 items)
What is an action or state of being?
300
The noun or pronoun that names what the sentence is about.
What is a simple subject?
300
Identify the complete predicate of the following: The growth of Los Angeles depended to a large extent on finding a way to get water to the desert.
What is "depended to a large extent on finding a way to get water to the desert"
300
Identify the prepositional phrase(s) of the following: The ship suddenly appeared through the mist near the shore
What is "through the mist" and "near the shore"
300
The difference between an independent clause and a dependent clause
What is: An independent clause can stand alone as a grammatically complete sentence?
300
This can appear in the sentence to make writing more detailed or interesting
What is a phrase?
400
"Joel and Ethan" in this sentence: Joel and Ethan produce and direct their films.
What is a compound subject?
400
Identify the compound predicate of the following: AIDS drugs can save many lives but are seldom available in poor countries that need them desperately.
What is "can save many lives but are seldom available in poor countries that need them desperately"
400
DOUBLE JEOPARDY!! The present participle of a verb that functions as a noun in a sentence.
What is a gerund?
400
When a dependent clause contains an implied predicate
What is an elliptical clause?
400
This type of clause usually begins with either a subordinating conjunction or a relative pronoun to connect it to the sentence
What is a dependent clause?
500
The complete subject of this sentence: There are too many books to fit on the shelves.
What is "too many books to fit on the shelves"
500
Two or more predicates of the same subject joined by a conjunction
What is a compound predicate?
500
Identify the gerund in the following: The government has not done enough to build housing.
What is "housing"?
500
Identify the kind of dependent clause used in the following sentence: "He loved the computer that I sold him."
What is an adjective clause?
500
This is when a dependent clause contains and implied predicate
What is an elliptical clause?
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