Parts of Speech
mary walks to the grocery store
What part of speech is the word "Mary"?
Proper Noun
mary walks to the grocery store
What is the prepositional phrase in the sentence?
to the grocery store
mary walks to the grocery store
What type of sentence is this? (simple, compound, complex, compound-complex)
Simple
mary walks to the grocery store
Write the sentence with correct punctuation and capitalization.
Mary walks to the grocery store.
she prefers dogs but her mom wants to get a cat
What is the infinitive in the sentence?
to get
she prefers dogs but her mom wants to get a cat
What are the simple verb(s) in the sentence?
"prefers" and "wants"
she prefers dogs but her mom wants to get a cat
What type of sentence is this? (simple, compound, complex, compound-complex)
Compound
she prefers dogs but her mom wants to get a cat
Write the sentence with correct capitalization and punctuation.
She prefers dogs, but her mom wants to get a cat.
when my phone rang it startled me out of my daydream
What type of conjunction is the word "when"?
Subordinating conjunction
when my phone rang it startled me out of my daydream
What is the object of the prepositional phrase, "out of my daydream"?
daydream
when my phone rang it startled me out of my daydream
Identify the dependent clause in the sentence.
when my phone rang
Where does a comma go in the sentence?
In between "rang" and "it"
(When my phone rang, it startled me out of my daydream.)
if we are out of school tomorrow i will watch my favorite show
What type of pronoun is "we"?
1st person nominative/subjective pronoun
if we are out of school tomorrow i will watch my favorite show
What is the direct object of the subject/verb pair "i will watch"?
show
if we are out of school tomorrow i will watch my favorite show
Is the independent clause in the sentence written in the active or passive voice?
active
if we are out of school tomorrow i will watch my favorite show
Rewrite the sentence with correct capitalization and punctuation.
If we are out of school tomorrow, I will watch my favorite show.
she is too competitive when she plays sports
What part of speech is the word "too"?
adverb
she is too competitive when she plays sports
What type of complement is the word "competitive"?
predicate adjective
she is too competitive when she plays sports
What type of sentence is this? (simple, compound, complex, compound-complex)
Complex
she is too competitive when she plays sports
Why should there NOT be a comma in between the two clauses?
Commas are only needed to separate independent and dependent clauses if the dependent clause is written first.