Find the Subject
How many clauses?
Find the Predicate Verb(s)
100

I went to the park.

I

100

Baseball is all I know.

1

100

Bobby-McGee drank coke for breakfast.

drank

200

The brown dog bit me.

The brown dog

200

He likes hunting, but I like ballet.

2

200

Brayden was driving alarmingly fast.

was driving

300

Worryingly, it was bleeding profusely.

it

300

Joey ran fast, suspiciously fast.

1

300

I came, I saw, I conquered.
(VENI, VIDI, VICI)

came / saw / conquered

400

Adrienne and Serenity learned how to fly.

Adrienne and Serenity

400

When you hit the ball, you've got to run the bases before getting home.

2

400

I've been workin' on the railroad, all the live-long day!

've been (have been)

500
A long time ago, in a galaxy far far away, a great war broke out between the Jedi and the Sith.

a great war

500

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of light, it was the season of darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair.

10

500

"I don't want to work" is a statement uttered only by the lazy.

don't want / is / uttered