Sentence Parts
What is a verb?
What is an adjective?
AFTER LUNCH, everyone was very sleepy.
What is a phrase?
(prepositional phrase)
Two things that the word "are" can be
What are linking verb and helping verb?
The two things a sentence must have
What are a subject and a verb?
Tells who or what is doing something or being described in the sentence
What is the subject?
YESTERDAY, I had pizza for dinner.
What is an adverb?
THE BOY WENT HOME, and then he took a nap.
What is a clause?
Type...
Two things that the word "taste" can be
What are linking verb and action verb?
Two candidates will be running for President next fall.
What is will be running?
Words that describe other words (adjectives and adverbs fall into this category)
What are modifiers?
IN the classroom, the students were quiet.
What is neither?
It is a ...
THE TALL MAPLE TREE was starting to lose its leaves.
What is a phrase?
Two things the word "before" can be
What are preposition and subordinating conjunction?
A sentence that has two independent clauses joined by a comma and a conjunction or a semicolon
What is a compound sentence?
A group of words that has a subject and a verb
What is a clause?
HAPPILY, the team ran onto the field.
What is an adverb?
The subject THAT IS THE MOST DIFFICULT FOR ME is math.
What is a clause?
Identify the role of the capitalized word in each sentence.
A. The students LOOKED at their papers.
B. The test LOOKED easy because I had studied.
A. What is an action verb?
B. What is a linking verb?
Jobs that a noun can do in a sentence.
List at least 3.
What are
subject
the object of a preposition
direct object
indirect object
objective complement
predicate nominative
Types of words that can signal (start) a subordinate clause
What are relative pronouns and subordinating conjunctions?
The birds sat on the branch, CHIRPING LOUDLY.
Identify both!
CHIRPING- What is an adjective?
LOUDLY-What is an adverb?
Henry wanted TO SLEEP ALL DAY LONG.
What is a phrase?
Type...
Functioning as what part of the sentence...
Identify the group of CAPITALIZED words.
A. BEFORE THE GAME, the team warmed up.
B. BEFORE THEY COULD PLAY IN THE STATE FINALS, the team had to win the regional tournament.
A. Prepositional phrase
B. Subordinate/dependent clause
The type of sentence below.
Since it was supposed to snow, I went to the grocery store, and I pulled boots and mittens out of the closet.
What is compound-complex?