Subjects and Predicates
Read this sentence: "Farm ponds attract wildlife of many kinds." The complete subject of this sentence is...
What is "farm ponds?"
What is the prepositional phrase in this sentence? Helpful insects can thrive in grassy areas.
What is "in grassy areas?"
True or False: The following sentence is a compound sentence: Birds, frogs, toads, and reptiles can be helpful because they eat insect pests.
What is false? It is a complex sentence
A complex sentence is made up of two types of clauses. What are they called?
What are dependent and independent clauses?
Sentence or Not: Yellow tuna that is caught off U.S. shores.
What is not? It is a fragment.
Read this sentence: "Some farmers make their ponds attractive to wildlife." The simple predicate is...
What is make?
What is the prepositional phrase in this sentence? A lake absorbs heat during the summer.
What is "during the summer?"
True or False: The following sentence is a compound sentence: Birds, frogs, toads, and reptiles can be helpful.
What is false? This is a simple sentence.
Although farm ponds take up space, they can make farms more productive. Which part is the dependent clause?
What is, "although farm ponds take up space?" It starts with the subordinating conjunction although.
Sentence or not: Yellowfin tuna that is caught off U.S. shores is an ocean-friendly choice.
What is a sentence?
True or False: This sentence has a compound predicate: The traps absorb the water and remove chemicals.
What is true? (absorb and remove)
What is the preposition in this sentence? Helpful insects can thrive in grassy areas.
What is "in?"
True or False: The following sentence is a compound sentence: Because they eat insects, birds, frogs, toads, and reptiles, these animals can be helpful.
What is false? This is a complex sentence.
Although farm ponds take up space, they can make farms more productive. Which part is the independent clause?
What is, "They can make farms more productive?" It has a subject, predicate, and expresses a complete thought.
Sentence or not: You can find information on the internet about ocean-friendly fishing, the Monterey Bay Aquarium Seafood Watch is an in informative website.
What is not? It is a comma splice because it is missing a conjunction
True or False: This sentence has a compound subject: The traps and ponds receive irrigation water.
What is true? traps and ponds
What is the preposition in this sentence? Water surged into homes rapidly.
What is "into?"
True or False: The following sentence is a compound sentence: Because they eat insect pests.
What is false? This is a dependent clause (a fragment because it is not a complete thought).
True or false: They call it a pond, but it is more like a small lake. This is a complex sentence.
What is false? This is a compound sentence.
Sentence or not: Giant bluefin still flourish near Alaska the state manages fishing there.
What is not a sentence? It is a run-on sentence because it is missing a comma and a conjunction.
True or False: This sentence has a compound predicate: Irrigation water carries fertilizers and pesticides.
What is false? (neither a compound subject or predicate)
Write a list of 3 different prepositions.
What are: above, across, against, along, among, around, at, before, behind, below, beneath, beside, between, by, down, during, from, in, into, near, of, off, on, to, toward, through, under, upon, with and/or within?
True or False: The following sentence is a compound sentence: Birds, frogs, toads, and reptiles can be helpful, for they eat insect pests.
What is true? It uses a comma and a conjunction, and combines two simple sentences.
True or false: "When these fish migrate through unprotected areas, they can be caught." This is a complex sentence.
What is true? It starts with a subordinating conjunction "When" which is the beginning of a dependent clause and has comma between the independent clause and dependent clause.
Sentence or Not? The extinction of this remarkable.
What is not a sentence? It is a fragment because it does not express a complete thought.