Friendly Letter
Dear Romeo,
What is the greeting or salutation of a friendly letter?
The verb phrase in the following sentence.
Tim Duncan was loved by all in San Antonio.
What is was loved?
the verb and what kind of a verb it is in the following sentence
Three students had been selected as the cleanup committee.
What is had been selected?
had been are helping verbs and selected is the main verb
In the mornings Max often runs around the park before breakfast. (3)
What are in the mornings, around the park, and before breakfast?
punctuation error in the sentence
The two boys played catch and then they went home for dinner.
What is comma after catch? compound sentence needs a comma to separate the two sentences.
9188 Golf View Drive
Minocqua, Wisconsin 54548
April 30, 2021
What is the heading in a friendly letter?
The verb or verb phrase in the following sentence.
The baby in the grocery store was crying loudly.
What is was crying?
the verb or verb phrase in the sentence and tell the kinds of verbs
They were not moving slowly through the mess on the gym floor.
What is were moving? Were is a helping verb and moving is the main verb in the verb phrase.
As a gift I received a beautiful book on whales and dolphins.
What are as a gift and on whales and dolphins?
correction needed in the sentence
The dogs collar was caught on the fenced post.
What is an apostrophe in front of the s in dog's?
Your friend,
What is the closing?
the subject of this sentence
One of the tastiest inventions was created by accident.
What is one?
type of verb
The platypus is a native of Australia and Tasmania.
What is (is)? Is is a linking verb.
Light from a laser travels in a narrow line, or beam.
What are from a laser and in a narrow line, or beam?
two negative words that will never be part of a verb or verb phrase
What are not and never?
Another name for the greeting.
What is the salutation?
the subject of the sentence
Carlos and I like to ride the roller coaster.
Carlos and I
helping verb or linking verb
Steve was excited about the upcoming weekend.
What is was excited - the verb phrase? Was is the helping verb and excited is the main verb.
Doctors use lasers in many kinds of surgery.
What are in many kinds and of surgery?
A word that takes the place of a noun is called this.
What is a pronoun?
Missing in this closing:
Yours truly
What is a comma after truly?
the verb in the sentence
The huge sausage pizza smelled awesome.
What is smelled?
type of verb
For a whole week, Steve felt good about the weekend.
What is felt? Felt is a linking verb. It links good the adjective
The name of the bakery was on the pans.
What are of the bakery and on the pans?
subject and verb or verb phrase in this sentence
Within a day of hatching the babies are led to the water by the mother.
What are babies are led? Babies is the subject and are led is the verb phrase.
How many prepositional phrases are there?