Grammar Quiz Prep Flashcards

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What is the Subject of a sentence?

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The Person, Place, Thing, or Idea that performs the action (Predicate) of the sentence. It also represents what the sentence is about.

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What is the Predicate of a sentence?

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Most commonly referred to as the verb of the subject, this part of the sentence explains what the subject is doing.

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What is a Compound Subject?

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A Subject that consists of two or more noun phrases together to form a longer Subject. Or (more simply); The Subject and all of it’s friends

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What is a Compound Predicate?

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Also known as a Compound Verb, this part of the sentence consists of two or more verb phrases together to form a longer Predicate. Or (more simply); The Predicate and all of it’s friends.

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What is a Prepositional Phrase?

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A group of words in a sentence consisting of a Preposition, the Object of The Preposition, and any possible Modifiers of The Object.

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What is a Preposition?

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A word before a noun, noun phrase, or pronoun to indicate direction, time, place, location, spatial relationships, or to introduce an Object. (Remember: “whatever a squirrel can do to a tree, car, spaceship, etc.”)

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What is the Object of a Preposition?

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The noun or noun phrase that the Preposition describes or affects. Together, (with possible modifiers), they make a Prepositional Phrase.

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What is a Direct Object?

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The “whom” or “what” (noun or noun phrase) the subject acts upon, being the Object of the action, “receiving” the verb. (Remember: “What you verbed”)

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What is an Indirect Object?

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The noun phrase of the “whom” or “what” is affected by the direct object, usually what the direct object is done for. (Remember: “WHOM or WHAT you verbed for”)

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What is a modifier?

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A word, phrase, or clause that gives more information about another word in the sentence. Modifiers usually aren’t necessary to convey the meaning of a sentence.

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Find the Subject and Predicate:

“The husky and pitbull chased the black cat”

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Subject: Husky

Predicate: Chased

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Find the Compound Subject and Compound Predicate:

“Me, Gabe, and Jacob beat and slapped the shit out of Koby for existing”

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Compound Subject: Me, Gabe, and Jacob

Compound Predicate: Beat and slapped

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Find the Prepositional Phrase of the sentence:

“Deep in the African Sahara, the tiger hid in the grass to ambush it’s prey”

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Prepositional Phrase: The tiger hid in the grass

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Find the Preposition and Object of the Preposition in the sentence:

“She hurriedly caught the bus on time”

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Preposition: On

Object: Time

Prep Phrase: On time

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Find the Direct and Indirect Object of the sentence:

“I handed a present to Mr. Daudelin, since he gave me an A on my quiz”

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Direct Object: A present

Indirect Object: Mr. Daudelin

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Find the modifier(s) of the sentence:

“That skinny bitch at the airport smacked the shit out of that poor lady’s cat”

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Modifier(s):

  • Skinny
  • The airport
  • The shit out of
  • Poor lady’s