Sentence Pattern + part of speech

Question 1

Adjective modifies a … or … ?

Answers 3 questions … ?

Where in a sentence does adjective appear?

Answer 1

Noun or pronoun

Which one, how many, what kind?

BEFORE the noun/pronoun it modifies, or AFTER a be/linking verb to complete the idea of the sentence

Question 2

Adverb modifies a … or … or … ?

Answers 4 questions …?

Answer 2

Verb, adjective, another adverb

How (in what manner/condition), when, where, why?

Question 3

A prepositional phrase between the subject and the verb is almost always an … ?

Answer 3

Adjective modifying the subject

Question 4

A prepositional phrase that can move without changing the meaning of the sentence is … ?

Answer 4

An adverb

Question 5

What is the function of a reflexive pronoun (“himself” etc) if it follows an action verb?

Answer 5

A reflexive pronoun is a direct object if it follows an action verb (and not a complement)

Question 6

What function does what was wrong with the fridge perform in the following sentence?

She asked herself what was wrong with the fridge.

1. subjective complement
2. direct object
3. subject

Answer 6

2. direct object

“herself” is followed by an action verb

Question 7

Noun clause:

Keep in mind that we cannot detach the noun clause from the rest of the sentence, consider the following example:

What Sheila wanted most was a cup of tea with honey.
“What Sheila wanted most” is a noun clause in this sentence. Why?

One easy way to test for a noun clause is to replace it with a … or … or … to help you identify it.

Answer 7

Because the noun clause contains a subject and verb, but does not express a complete idea. It serves as the subject of the sentence.

Replace the noun clause with a pronoun (to make a complete sentence) or “something” or “someone”

Question 8

Noun clause

Name the words of interrogatives and expletives + how it should be diagramed.

interrogatives
a)
b)
c)

expletives
d)

Think of the questions when you identify a noun, adjective, adverb, verb

Answer 8

a) who, whoever, whom, whomever, what, whatever - diagramed as nouns within the noun clause
b) which, whose - diagramed as adjectives withing the noun clause
c) when, where, why, how - diagramed as adverbs within the noun clause

d) if, that, wheter, wheter or not - diagramed above the verb of the noun clause, with a dotted line drawn to that verb