English Sentence Flashcards
Every Sentence needs 2 parts The Subject and the predicate
The dog (Subject) runs down the street (Predicate)
What is the subject in a sentence
The subject is who or what the sentence is about
What is Subject and what is the predicate
The bear slept in the cave
Adam went to school
The bear ( subject) slept in the cave (predicate)
Adam ( subject) ate pizza( predicate)
What is a noun
A noun is a person, place or thing.
The dog(noun) runs down the street(noun). Dog and street are nouns
Noun Categories
Person ( fireman, bus driver, man)
Place ( NY, USA)
Thing ( pencil, desk)
Animal( dig, bird)
Feeling ( love, hate, anger)
Singular or plural
Apple ( singular) apples ( plural) add s
Fox ( singular) foxes ( plural) add es
Cherry (singular) cherries ( plural) Change to ies
Nouns
Common, proper, or pronoun
Common nouns ( man, women)
Proper nouns (Washington)
Pronouns ( he, she)
A mountain has trees, rivers, and lakes
List the nouns common/proper, singular/plural or a pronoun
Mountain( common, singular)
Trees( common, plural)
Rivers( common, plural)
Lakes( common, plural)
Queen Elizabeth sat on the bench
Common/proper
Singular/plural or pronoun
Queen Elizabeth( proper, singular)
Bench( common, singular)
What is a verb
A verb is used to describe an action, state, or occurrence
Runs is a verb
Verbs can take place in different time periods
Past, present, and future
Simple past, present, and future tenses
For the word talk What is the past present and future
For talk
Past (talked) add ed
Present (talk,talks) unchanged or add es or s
Future ( will talk) add will before the word
Action verbs, helping verbs, model verbs
Action verbs ( running, jumping)
Helping verbs ( she is standing)
Standing is the main Verb
Is the helping verb
He could fly in the morning
He ( subject) could ( model verb)
Fly ( action verb)
Which is the main verb and which is the helping verb
The cat llicks his paws
The cat is licking his paws
The cat licks(main verb)
The cat is(helping verb) licking(main verb)
Exercise what is the verb and what kind of verb
The boy ate the grapes
The boy ate( main verb)