Underline the verb. Circle the predicate nominative:
Wasn't Clara Barton the founder of the American Red Cross?
What is was; founder
100
Diagram the following sentence:
Paris, the capital of France, is a popular tourist attraction.
Paris capital is attraction
100
Where are indirect objects located?
What is between verb and d.o.
200
A noun or pronoun that follows a linking verb
What is predicate nominative
200
Verbs ending in s are usually _________________.
What is singular
200
Diagram the following sentence:
Greenland is the largest island in the world.
What is Greenland is island (predicate nominative)
200
Sarah, the beloved teacher, was also a writer.
What is Sarah (teacher) predicate nominative: writer
200
Can you have an indirect object without an direct object?
What is no
300
A predicate nominative ______________ the subject.
What is renames or explains
300
Compound subjects joined by and take a ____________ verb.
What is plural
300
What is the direct object in the following sentence?
On this day, we give thought to those who work with their hands.
What is thought
300
Define: appositive
What is a word that follows a noun and explains or identifies that noun
300
DA and appositive
Kim, have you seen Sunny, my pet hamster?
What is Kim hamster
400
A noun (or pronoun) that follows an action verb and _____________ the action from that verb.
What is a direct object and receives.
400
When a compound subject is joined by or or nor, the verb agrees with _________________.
What is the nearer subject
400
Diagram the following sentence:
Rome ruled the world until A.D. 476.
What is Rome ruled world: (direct object)
400
What is a noun of direct address?
What is the name of the person to whom a sentence is directed. It is set off by commas.
400
Can nouns of direct address be compound?
What is yes
500
Precedes the direct object and tells to whom, for whom, to what, or for what the action of the verb is done.
What is indirect object
500
Collective nouns take ___________ verbs.
What is singular OR plural. When the collective noun acts as a unit it is singular; but when members of the group act individually, the verb is plural.
500
Joshua, the son of Nun, led Israel after Moses' death.
List appositive
What is son
500
Noun of direct address:
Mom, may we invite Lucy, our new neighbor, to the party?