Subjects
The COMPLETE subject of this sentence:
Stephen King has written many horror novels during his lifetime.
Who is "Stephen King"?
The VERB in the following sentence:
J.K. Rowling wrote Harry Potter.
What is "wrote"?
The DIRECT OBJECT of the following sentence:
William Shakespeare wrote many famous plays.
What is "plays"?
Edgar Allan Poe dropped out of college before he wrote his most famous works.
Which word is the PREPOSITION?
What is "before"?
A word that connects two objects, ideas, or phrases.
What is "a conjunction"?
The SIMPLE subject of this sentence:
His first novel was Carrie.
What is "novel"?
The verb phrase of the following sentence:
J.K. Rowling has donated over $13 million to the research clinic at the University of Edinburgh after her mother passed away from multiple sclerosis.
What is "has donated"?
The DIRECT OBJECT of the following sentence:
Shakespeare introduced 3,000 words to the English language.
What is "words"?
The conjunction in the following sentence:
Poe was famous for his scary tales and his dark poems.
What is "and"?
What is an "indirect object"?
Hans Zimmer's dramatic soundtrack to the movie Inception remains one of my favorite compositions.
Identify the subject.
What is "soundtrack"?
The VERB PHRASE in the following sentence:
Only one Harry Potter character was inspired by a real person.
What is "was inspired"?
The DIRECT OBJECT(s) of the following sentence:
During his lifetime, William Shakespeare wrote around 37 plays for the theatre and over 150 poems!
What are "plays" AND "poems"?
The Prepositional Phase in the following sentence:
Edgar Allen Poe's "The Tell-Tale Heart" is included in many collections of famous short stories.
What is "in many collections"?
If you feed the peacock some popcorn, it will squawk loudly and show you its gloriously jeweled TAIL.
Identify the BOLDED word.
What is "TAIL - a Direct Object"?
The subject of the following sentence:
As a kid, Stephen King's friend was struck and killed by a train.
What is "friend"?
The VERB of the following sentence:
Rowling is the first author to become a billionaire.
What is "is"?
Most of the critics considered the film version of Harry Potter a travesty of the original, brilliant novel.
Identify the DIRECT OBJECT
What is "film"?
The Conjunction in the following sentence:
Poe was one of the first American authors to try and make a professional living as a writer since he quit all his other jobs.
What is "since"?
If there is an indirect object in a sentence where will it appear?
What is "after the verb and before the direct object"?
The subject of the following sentence:
Beware of Stephen King's next scary novel!
What is "you" (Implied)?
The VERB of the following sentence:
She's a big fan of the block-building video game Minecraft.
What is "is"?
The DIRECT OBJECT in the following sentence:
Before dying on his birthday, Shakespeare put a curse on his grave.
What is "curse"?
The Prepositional Phrase in the following sentence:
Poe was born in Boston, Massachusetts home to the greatest team ever, the Boston Celtics!
What is "in Boston, Massachusetts"?
Identify the function of the CAPITALIZED word.
Can you send ME one of those postcards with an account of your latest adventure?
What is an "indirect object"?