What type of verb links a word in the predicate to the subject and either renames, defines or describes the subject?
What is linking verb
100
Identify the prepositions: Later they were found by a shepard and his wife.
What is by
100
find the PA: The great stone dogs that guard the entrance to Chinatown look a bit frightening.
What is frightening
100
Identify the simple subject: A total of more than one hundred players compete in the series.
What is players
100
The part of the sentence that cannot stand alone is called what?
What is suborinating claus
200
What type of verb establishes past, present or future tense in a sentence?
What is helping verb
200
idenfity the prepositions: When the twins were adults, they tried building a city on the site where they had been rescued.
What is when, on, where
200
find the PN:Through germination, a seed slowly becomes a plant.
What is plant
200
find simple subject: Many talented Latin American players are recruited by professional US teams each year.
What is players
200
A beginner who is not careful can injure muscles, yet strenuous activity usually strenghtens the muscle tissue.
What is CD/CX
300
Idenity the verbs in the sentence and label as Helping, linking or action: Mary Bethune is a major figure in American History.
What is linking: is
300
Find the OP: During the school year, students often learn many new and exciting things in class.
What is year, class
300
Is the word flowers a PN or a PA: Nasturtiums are flowers that can be eaten.
What is PN
300
Identify simple subject: On Medusa's head grew snakes instead of hair.
What is snakes
300
Identify the subordinating clause: In sports, as in most activitites, persistence and patience often pays off.
What is as in most activitites
400
Identify the verbs as and label helping, action, linking: She was teaching school after she completed her education in South Carolina.
What is was: helping teaching: action completed: action
400
Identify the OP: Then, the legend continues, Romulus founded the city of Rome in approximately 753 B.C.
What is Rome 753 BC
400
What do PAs and PNs always follow?
What is linking verbs
400
find simple subject: From Athena, Perseus accepted a shiny shield.
What is Perseus
400
Identify type of sentene: The hours of practice that a beginning player puts in usually result in rewarding improvements.
What is CX
500
Identify the verbs as and label helping, action, linking: Her outstanding efforts impressed President Roosevelt, and he established an office for minority affairs.
What is impressed: action established: action
500
find the OP: Instead of working together, the team members fought between themselves.
What is working together, themselves (working together is a gerrund phrase and is a noun)
500
What do PA and PN's rename or idenify or describe?
What is the subject
500
find simple subject: Fortunately, he received help from the goddess Athena and the god Hernes.
What is he
500
identify type of sentence: At this point a beginner may become discouraged, and the temptation to quit grows strong.