Transitive or Intransitive
T or I? I wore hiking books on our camping trip.
What is transitive
True or false: If there is a direct object in a sentence, there is automatically an indirect object.
What is false.
Verb? Action or linking? Lucille felt sick after eating so many treats.
What is felt - linking
Label the PA or PN: My sister is a talented musician.
What is PN, musician
A or P? The letter was delivered by the mailman at 10 AM this morning.
What is passive
T or I? I went to the mall with Sarah.
What is intransitive.
Label the DO and IO: The children wrote their dad a poem.
What is DO poem and IO their dad
Verb? Action or linking? Anthony felt along the wall for the light switch in the dark.
What is felt - action.
Label the PA or PN: The dark chocolate cake tasted delicious.
What is PA, delicious
A or P? I wrote a letter to my friend over the weekend.
What is active
T or I? She reads in the library.
What is intransitive.
What order in the sentences will you find the direct object, indirect object, and the verb?
What is 1. verb 2. IO 3. DO
What is grew - action.
Label the PA or PN: He seems afraid of the dog.
What is PA, afraid
Make it an active sentence: The cure was discovered by the scientist.
What is The scientist discovered the cure.
T or I? The football player passed the ball to his teammate.
What is transitive.
Label the DO and IO: The chef prepared us a meal.
Verb? Action or linking? The boy grew lonely when his friends went to the game without him.
What is grew - linking
Label the PA or PN: You look hungry and thirsty.
What is PA, hungry and thirsty
Make it an active sentence: The theater was opened by the company in May.
What is The company opened the theater in May.
T or I? Georgia spiked the volleyball over the net.
What is transitive.
Label the DO and IO: Max pitched Alice the baseball.
What is DO baseball IO Alice
Sing the linking verbs song.
You can only label a predicate adjective or predicate noun in a sentence when you have what type of verb.
What is linking.
What 3 clues are you looking for that make it obvious you are reading a passive sentence?