Commas, Subjects, Predicates, and Pronouns
Where does the comma go in this sentence: Before Mr. Brazil came to school he ate breakfast.
Between "school" and "he"
What type of verb does a predicate nominative or adjective always follow?
A linking verb
Is this an infinitive or a participle: "torn"
(Past) Participle
Definition: a noun or noun phrase denoting a person or thing that is the recipient of the action of a transitive verb
direct object
What is the difference between a phrase and a clause?
A clause has a subject and a predicate, a phrase does not
What is the complete predicate in this sentence: "Bella and her crazy friends saw a movie that scared them so much they burned the theater down."
"saw a movie that scared them so much they burned the theater down"
What type of predicate does this sentence contain: "When civilization ended, Crystal became the burning world's deadliest warrior."
Predicate nominative
What parts of speech can an infinitive be?
Nouns, Adjectives, Adverbs
Definition: a word before a noun, noun phrase, or noun clause that explains its relationship to another element of the sentence: the man on the table
preposition
SECRET TRAP
Whichever group guesses a number from 1-10 closest to Mr. Brazil's number loses the points
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What type of pronoun is "that"?
Demonstrative
Give the definition of a predicate adjective
A predicate adjective is an adjective that modifies the subject that comes after a linking verb.
Tell me a sentence with a present participle
Something with -ing used as an adjective
SECRET TREASURE
Whichever group guesses a number from 1-10 closest to Mr. Brazil's number wins the points!
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What type of phrase or clause does this contain?
I stole a piece of cake.
Adjective phrase
Why doesn't this sentence have a compound subject? "Connor ate spicy noodles and thought about Warhammer while Alan trained to fight Batman."
There are two subjects but they are not connected to the same predicate, so they are not compound.
Which of these cannot be used as a linking verb: to be, to taste, to stay, to think, to become, to seem
To think
I am a student, Pizza tastes delicious, He stayed humble, Who became president?, Mr. Brazil seems crazy.
What verb conjugation is closest to the infinitive form?
a. first person plural present perfect, b. third person singular present simple, c. first person singular present simple, d. second person singular future continuous
c. first person singular present simple ("I run")
DO: pen
IO: store
Does this sentence contain an adverb clause, an adjective clause, both, or neither:
The boy who ate my lunch is crying because it was so spicy.
Both
What is/are the antecedent(s) in this sentence: "On a horrible, rainy night Simon created a monster and asked why it looked so much like Steven and not himself."
Simon (himself), monster (it)
If a predicate with a linking verb contains adjectives, adverbs, and a noun, what type of predicate is it?
a. Ditransitive, b. Predicate nominative, c. Predicate adjective, d. It depends on the syntax, e. Predicate adverbial, f. What's a predicate?
b. Predicate nominative
Which of these contains a participle:
a. I am running with friends, b. I love running with friends, c. I see my running friends, d. I have been running with friends.
c. I see my running friends
Which of these cannot be a preposition: through, among, by, along, why, at
why
Create a sentence with an adjective clause and an adverb clause
Mr. Brazil will check your answer