Subjects
What is the complete subject in this sentence:
Three pelicans flew over the beach.
Three pelicans
What is the complete predicate of this sentence:
George and his friends played football in the field.
played football in the field
Combine the sentences.
Planes carry lots of people. Trains carry lots of people
Planes and Trains carry lots of people
Is this a sentence, fragment, or run-on?
Yesterday when I got off the school bus.
Fragment
What is underlined in this sentence:
The seagull’s feathers were white.
simple subject
What is the simple subject in this sentence:
The giant oak tree is over a hundred years old.
tree
What is the simple predicate of this sentence:
Patricia went to the bakery to pick up a loaf of bread.
went
Combine the sentences.
Tiffany brought her calculator. Connor brought his calculator.
Tiffany and Connor brought their calculators.
Is this a sentence, fragment, or run-on?
I wanted to go fishing it was too cold to go out on the lake.
run-on
What is underlined in this sentence?
Orange is my favorite color.
complete predicate
Finish the sentence by adding a subject.
________________________________ needs soil, water, and sunlight.
A flower
Finish the sentence with a predicate.
The barber ____________________________________.
Example answer:
The barber ruined Mr. Smith's new haircut.
Combine the sentences.
The parade snaked through the town. The parade had many fancy floats.
The parade snaked through the town and had many fancy floats.
Make this fragment a complete sentence.
Bought an order of breadsticks and a pizza.
Example:
My friends bought an order of breadsticks and pizza.
What type of sentence is this?
The bicycle’s back tire needed air.
Declarative
Write the complete subject of the sentence, then underline the simple subject.
A gray wolf snuck into the barn last night.
A gray wolf
Write the complete predicate, then underline the simple predicate in this sentence:
The angry chef slammed the pots and pans.
slammed the pots and pans.
Combine each pair of independent clauses into a compound sentence. Use a coordinating conjunction.
Would you like to play chess to pass the time? Would you rather play Monopoly? (or)
Would you like to play chess to pass the time, or would you rather play Monopoly?
What part of the sentence is missing?
BONUS: make the fragment complete!
The kind lady in the green dress.
The predicate
Bouns example:
The kind lady in the green dress was going to a dance.
What type of sentence is this?
Interrogative
:)
Write the complete subject, then underline the simple subject.
The television in the living room was unplugged.
The television in the living room
Write the complete predicate, then underline the simple predicate in this sentence:
The pink cell phone with the flower stickers belongs to Kathy.
belongs to Kathy.
Combine each pair of independent clauses into a compound sentence. Use a coordinating conjunction.
The rain pounded against the windows. The wind wailed through the trees. (and)
The rain pounded against the windows, and the wind wailed through the trees.
Is this a fragment or a run on? Fix it to make it a complete sentence.
I ate four slices of pizza Harry ate three chicken wings.
Run-on
I ate four slices of pizza, and Harry ate three chicken wings.
What is the definition of an imperative sentence? What type of punctuation does it end with?
A sentence that gives a command. It ends with a period or an exclamation point.