Clauses
What is a clause?
A group of words that has a subject/predicate set
A word that takes the place of a noun(she he, him, her, it, etc.)
Dr. Corpus, our professor for ED 308, is wearing a pink shirt and black vest.
Identify the appositive.
,our professor for ED 308,
The ball was put in the bin because the students could not behave.
What is the prepositional phrase
in the bin
Identify the Direct Object
Johnny throws the ball
the ball
What is the difference between independent and dependent clauses
Independent can stand on its own and make sense. Dependent does not make sense unless it hangs onto an independent clause
List the three articles
A, An, and The
List the 6 verb tenses
Past, present, future, past perfect, present perfect, future perfect.
What is the infinitive form of the verb in this sentence
Sally runs a mile every morning before work.
To run
Identify the Indirect Object
Jade gives Sam a gift
Sam
What are the four sentence types
Declarative, interrogative, imperative, and exclamatory
I threw the ball across the field to Johnny.
Identity the preposition(s) in this sentence.
across, to
Johnny is a baseball player.
What kind of verb is this?
What is baseball player?
Linking Verb
predicate nominative
What is a gerund?
an -ing verb that is used as a noun
ex. Running is my favorite form of exercise.
Identify the Indirect Object
Johnny throws the ball to Sam
TRICK QUESTION there is no Indirect Object bc it is not between the verb and direct object.
Because he did not eat lunch, John was starving when he got home from work, so he decided to make a big dinner.
What type of sentence structure is this?
Compound- Complex
D+I+I
List the 4 kinds of conjunctions
Coordinating, subordinating, correlative, conjunctive adverbs.
1. Johnny broke the window.
2. The window was broken.
Which sentence uses passive voice?
2
What is a participle verbal?
A verb form (ending in -d,-ed, -en, -ing, etc.) used as an adjective.
ex. the RUNNING water made the river rocks very slippery
Johnny is sad because he did not make the football team.
What is sad in this sentence
predicate adjective