Pattern
What type of verb is used with a predicate noun?
Linking Verb
What word means: threatening an evil or harmful outcome?
Ominous
What punctuation mark is used to set off the exact words that are spoken by someone>
quotation marks " "
My brother's first three gifts from his friends were basketballs.
P4
What expresses a state of being instead of an action?
A LINKING VERB states that someone or something exists. It shows no action. A LINKING VERB links, or connects the subject to a PrN/PrP.
What are the core parts of a Pattern 4 sentence?
SN LV PrN P4
active: ______:: feast: _______
active: PASSIVE:: feast: FAMINIE
What are the three types of quotes?
beginning, ending, split quotes
Greedy King Midas turned objects into shiny gold in his huge palace.
P2
What happens to the verb in a P2/P3 sentence?
Verb-Transitive
What are the core parts of a Pattern 3 sentence?
SN VT IO DO P3
What is the synonym and antonym for procrastinate?
synonym: POSTPONE
antonym: HASTEN
Do punctuation marks go inside or outside of the quotation marks?
Outside - "Blah blah," said someone, "blah blah!"
Don gave Coach Adams the important message before the game.
P3
What is a predicate noun?
PrN is located in the predicate and means the same thing as the simple subject. A predicate noun follows after a linking verb.
How many noun jobs are in a Pattern 2 sentence?
N V N (2)
Define PROFUSE.
giving or spending extravagantly
What is the difference between a direct quote and an indirect quote?
Direct: Shows exactly what someone says by using quotation marks.
Indirect: Describes what someone says without using quotation marks.
Mr. Smith sold his customers three boxes of stationary.
P3
List the Possessive Pronoun Adjectives, PPA (8).
my, your, his, her, its, our, your, their
When a predicate pronoun takes the place of a predicate noun, you label it as ____, but a Pattern 4 sentence is still labeled as SN LV PrN P4.
When a predicate pronoun takes the place of a predicate noun, you label it as PRP, but a Pattern 4 sentence is still labeled as SN LV PrN P4.
Word-Part Meaning:
Suffix: PHONE, Root: TEST, Suffix: GRAPH
PHONE - sound, voice, TEST - to witness, affirm, GRAPH - write, draw, record
What do we underline when labeling dialogue?
EXPLANATORY WORDS are the words that explain who is talking but are not part of the actual words spoken.
I will not ride with my cousin to the dance on Saturday night.
P1
Identify noun jobs: Subjective (2), Objective (3)
Subjective Jobs (SN, PrN/PrP)
Objective Jobs (OP, DO, IO)