Simple vs Compound
Simple or compound subject:
Regular weather forecasts are made by the National Weather Service.
What is simple?
Hang those pictures on the wall.
What is imperative?
Please close the door.
What is
Subject: (You)
Verb: Close
The river carves the mountain.
What is
River/carves
Correct verb forms:
She brung her lunch to school today.
What is brought?
Simple or compound subject:
In the garden grows roses, sweet peas, and sunflowers.
What is compound?
How clean your room is!
What is exclamatory?
Did the students finish their classwork?
What is
Subject: Students
Verb: Did Finish
Ms. K collects movies and books.
What is
Ms. K/collects
Making nouns plural:
Elf
What is elves
Simple or compound verb:
During strong winds, trees may be uprooted.
What is simple?
Have you always been this tall?
What is interrogative?
In the bakery, were pies, croissants, and cookies.
What is
Subject: Pies, croissants, cookies
Verb: Were
The horses in the stable were chewing hay and eating oats.
What is
were chewing
Horses< and
eating
Is the verb correct or incorrect? Correct it if it is wrong.
Ms. K gave out a lot of homework.
What is correct.
Diagram the sentence:
Jesus died on the cross for our sins.
What is
Jesus/Died
My favorite day of the week is Saturday.
What is declarative?
April rain fell on the ground and watered the plants.
What is
Subject: Rain
Verb: Fell, watered
Diagram the sentence:
In the meadow, cows and pigs sleep and graze.
What is
Cows sleep
and>/<and
pigs graze
Write a compound sentence.
What is...?
Diagram the sentence:
In the summer, flowers start to bloom and grow.
What is
bloom
flowers<and
grow
Grab your backpack, we're going to be late!
What is imperative?
Did the girls or the boys clean the storage room?
What is
Subject: Girls, boys
Verb: Did, clean
Diagram the sentence
I was planning on a vacation, but the weather grounded my plane.
What is
I was planning
but
weather grounded
Write a simple sentence with a compound verb.
What is...?