Prepositions
Write down 5 prepositions
Various answers
How do we find the subject and verb of a sentence?
Cross out the prepositional phrase.
Find the verb and see who completes the verb.
Find the subject and see what action they are performing.
What is a contraction?
A word made when two words are placed together and shortened.
Add an ED ending.
Find the MVs and HVs in this sentence:
I am going to run in the marathon.
am=HV. going= MV
Identify the prepositional phrases in this sentence.
Everyone went into the rec center to vote except mom.
into the rec center
except mom
Find the subject and the verb of this sentence:
My mom likes to go to the store.
S= Mom
V= Likes
Give the contractions for the following sets of words:
1) have not
2) I have
3) What is
1) haven't
2) I've
3) what's
What are the past tense forms of these verbs:
1) am
2) know
3) cut
1) was
2) knew
3) cut
Choose the correct verb.
Ms. Belcher has never (swam, swum) in an Olympic sized pool.
What is your verb phrase?
swum
has swum
Identify the prepositional phrases
I wrote to the governor concerning the trash on the streets.
to the governor- governor
concerning the trash-trash
on the streets-streets
Identify the subject and verb/verb phrase in this sentence.
My little brother is angry.
s=brother
v=is
Write your own sentence with at least two contractions in it.
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What is the verb phrase in this sentence?
Alex must have known that he was going to do well on the grammar test tomorrow.
must have known
Complete this sentence:
I wish my mom had not _______ (to lay) my book on the table.
I wish my mom had not laid my book on the table.
Identify the OPs in this sentence.
My mom went into the kitchen and the bathroom to look for her brush and cookies.
kitchen, bathroom
brush, cookies
Find all of the verb phrases in this sentence.
I wish I would have known that we can not ever go to the bathroom.
wish
would have known
can go
Choose the right contraction.
1) (Its/ It's) too cold to go out (they're/their/there).
It's
there
Change the verbs in this sentence to past tense verbs.
Jennifer knows that Felicity hits her pigs with her paw.
Jennifer knew that Felicity hit her pigs with her paw.
Change this sentence from present tense to past tense.
Today I am going to the store with my mom to find a new dog.
Yesterday I went to the store with my mom to find a new dog.
Find the prepositional phrases and OPs.
Along the river, there is a bird who loves to fly to the sun and back without sunglasses.
along the river- river
to the sun and back- sun and back
without sunglasses- sunglasses
Identify the subjects and verbs in this sentence. Label the verbs MV or HV.
Could you ask John and Mary if they can go to the store if they are not running home.
S- You
Verb phrase- could ask
Verb phrase- can go
Verb phrase- are running
Choose the right contraction.
(Your/You're) dog is not going to the same park as (their/they're/there) dog.
Your
Their
Give the past participle for the following verbs:
1) to sink
2) to lie
3) to ring
1) sunk
2) lain
3) rung
List your 23 helping/auxiliary verbs.
do, does, did, has, have, had, may, might must, can, shall, will, could, should, would, is, am, are, was, were, be, being, been