Sentences
What end punctuation matches the interrogative sentence type?
?
Define Simple Subject
the main noun that tells what the sentence is about
Give an example of an imperative sentence
answers may vary
(any command or request that is NOT a question).
Diagram this sentence including any of the following:
- simple subject, action/linking verb, direct object/predicate noun/predicate adjective, prepositional phrases
The dog ran.
dog = SS
ran = AV
define simple predicate
the main verb that tells what the subject is or is doing
What are the basic types of sentences?
declarative
interrogative
imperative
exclamatory
Proper, Common, Compound
List 6 Action verbs
Answers may vary
Diagram this sentence including any of the following:
- simple subject, action/linking verb, direct object/predicate noun/predicate adjective, prepositional phrases
The summer season is almost here!
season = SS
is = LV
here = PN
list 5 linking verbs
am is was are were being been be have has had do does did shall will should would may might must can could
Define Compound Sentence
two independent clauses joined by a , + conjunction or a semicolon (;)
What is the correct plural form of
baby
babies
List 6 prepositions
answers my vary
about above across after against among around at before behind below beside between by down during for from in inside into near of off on out over through to toward under up with
Diagram this sentence including any of the following:
- simple subject, action/linking verb, direct object/predicate noun/predicate adjective, prepositional phrases
Sometimes the sky turns grey before it starts to rain.
sky = SS
turns = AV
grey = DO
(before it) = prepositional phrase
(to rain) = prepositional phrase
What is the difference between an action verb and a linking verb?
An action verb is an action while a linking verb links the subject to a predicate noun or predicate adjective
Define Complex Sentence
one independent clause joined with one or more dependent clauses by a comma
Rewrite this possessive phrase
The cane of the gentleman
the gentleman's cane
Match the appropriate pairs/groupings
predicate adjective, action verb, linking verb, direct object, predicate noun
AV pairs with DO
LV pairs with PA and with PN
Diagram this sentence including any of the following:
- simple subject, action/linking verb, direct object/predicate noun/predicate adjective, prepositional phrases
Trees are very important to life on earth, because they give the planet oxygen.
trees = SS
are = LV
important = PA
(to life)
(on earth)
they = SS
give = AV
oxygen = DO
What is the difference between a predicate noun and a predicate adjective?
predicate noun renames the subject, while the predicate adjective describes the subject
What type of sentence is this?
(simple, compound, complex)
When I was younger, chasing the ice cream truck was my favorite summer pass-time.
complex
Fix this sentence
the mans threw their families trash away in the garbage can's outside of the baseball stadiums doors.
The men threw their families' trash away in the garbage cans outside of the baseball stadium's doors.
What is the difference between a Direct Object and an Object of the Preposition?
A direct object receives the verb's action, while the object of the preposition belongs to its prepositional phrase
Diagram this sentence including any of the following:
- simple subject, action/linking verb, direct object/predicate noun/predicate adjective, prepositional phrases
Bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds are our world's pollinators, so life on earth would become extinct without them.
Bees = SS
Butterflies = SS
Hummingbirds = SS
are = LV
pollinators = PN
life = SS
(on earth)
would become = LV
extinct = PN
(without them)
define direct object
the noun in the predicate that receives the action of the simple predicate