All of the information in a sentence that provides information about the noun performing the action of the sentence.
100
What is a simple predicate?
The most basic action that the subject is performing in a sentence.
100
What is a subordinate clause?
A clause that must be attached to an independent clause to make any sense.
100
What type of sentence is the following? "The death of little Timmy, always a dumb little boy, was not a surprise to anyone."
Complex sentence.
100
What type of sentence is the following? "Horace and Eudora went on many incredible adventures together."
Simple sentence
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What is the complete subject in the following sentence? "The three little pigs, Stanley, Greg, and Daisy, were terrified of the big, bad wolf."
"The three little pigs, Stanley, Greg, and Daisy"
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What is the complete predicate in the following sentence? "The three little pigs, Stanley, Greg, and Daisy, were terrified of the big, bad wolf."
"were terrified of the big, bad wolf."
200
What are the three ways to correctly separate independent clauses?
Make them separate sentences, use a semicolon, or use a comma AND a conjunction
200
What is a compound sentence?
More than one independent clause.
200
What clauses appear in the following sentence, and where do they begin and end? "The odor from today's school lunch, turkey muffins, permeated throughout the school, nauseating many students."
Subordinate- "Turkey muffins" Subordinate- "nauseating many students" Independent- everything else
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What is the simple subject in the following sentence? "The three little pigs, Stanley, Greg, and Daisy, were terrified of the big, bad wolf."
"Pigs"
300
What is the simple predicate in the following sentence? "The three little pigs, Stanley, Greg, and Daisy, were terrified of the big, bad wolf."
"Were"
300
What is an independent clause?
A clause containing a subject and a predicate; it can stand on its own as a complete sentence.
300
What type of sentence is the following? "Knowing that he would never get to enjoy that ice cream, Little Timmy's parents wept at his funeral."
Complex sentence
300
What is a simple sentence?
A single independent clause
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Give an example of a sentence with a compound subject.
Answers may vary.
400
Give an example of a sentence with a compound verb.
Answers may vary.
400
What clauses does this sentence contain, and where do they begin and end? "Mr. Beard, the world's finest teacher, desperately hoped the students would remember the grammar rules."
An independent and a subordinate clause; the subordinate is the appositive, and the independent is everything else.
400
What is a complex sentence?
A sentence containing a single independent clause and at least one subordinate clause.
400
What is the simple subject in the following sentence? "The three birds, a parrot, a woodpecker, and an emu, chased the irritating kid who had been harrassing them out of the pet store."
"Birds"
500
What is the simple subject in the following sentence? "The cat and dog, Rascal and Spot, fight almost constantly."
"Cat and Dog"
500
What is the simple predicate in the following sentence? "The sweet little children adored Mr. Beard and enjoyed nothing more than attending his class."
"adored" and "enjoyed"
500
What clauses does this sentence contain, and where do they begin and end? "The student was very hungry, though he knew that lunch was still another period away."
Two independent clauses, separated by the comma and conjunction, "though."
500
What type of sentence is the following? "Little Timmy ran after the ice cream truck and fell down an open sewer."
Simple sentence.
500
In the following sentence, what is the simple predicate and what is the complete predicate? "My sixth graders irritate me at every opportunity."
Simple- "irritate." Complete- "irritate me at every opportunity."