Lesson 7 Flashcards
What is a subject?
The subject tells who or what the sentence is about.
What is a sentence?
A sentence is a group of words expressiong a complete thought.
What is a predicate?
The predicate tells wihat the subject is or does.
What is the best way to find the subject of a sentence?
Locate the verb and ask the question who or what before the verb.
Give an example of a word that can be used as more than one part of speech.
Total can be used as a noun, verb, or adjective.
Ex. 1 The total is one hundred. (noun)
Ex. 2 I will total the score. (verb)
Ex. 3 It was a total disaster.
What are the two parts of every sentence?
The two parts of every sentnece are the subject and predicate.
Give the eight parts of speech.
The eight parts of speech are noun, pronoun, adjective, verb, adverb, preposition, conjunction, and interjection.
