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1
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Find the indirect object in the following sentence;

Remind her that the deadline is approaching.

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Her- is the indirect object

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Find the direct object in the following sentence;

Did you join Rob in Bermuda?

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Rob- is the direct object.

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Find the direct object in the following sentence;

Take this wrench to Amelia.

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Wrench- is the direct object.

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Find the indirect object in the following sentence;

John played his songs for Paul.

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Paul- is the indirect object.

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Find the indirect object in the following sentence;

Serve him the eggnog.

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Him-is the indirect object.

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Find the direct object in the following sentence;

Get inside the car.

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Car- is the direct object.

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Find the direct object in the following sentence;

Hand me the ring.

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Ring- is the direct object.

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Find the indirect object in the following sentence;

Can you tell me where the penguins are?

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Me- is the indirect object.

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Identify every part of speech in the following sentence;

Allegra and I went to the mall to look for prom dresses.

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Nouns: Allegra/I-proper noun, Mall(countable and common, dresses(countable/common).
Verbs: went(first person, plural, simple past, declarative, active) to buy:(infinitive).
Adjective: prop(what type of dress)
Conjunction: And
Preposition: to
Prepositional phrase: to the mall
Article: The

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Is the following a complete sentence?

Under the table the carpet.

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No

Sentence doesn’t have a verb

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Why is the following a fragment?

Is always late for class.

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The subject is missing, Who?

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Why isn’t this a sentence?

The car that will impress your friends.

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Dependent clause, which cannot stand alone as sentences; they need independent clauses to complete their meaning.

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Is the following a complete sentence?

All of the king’s horses and all the king’s men.

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No. Sentence has no predicate. We don’t know what all of the king’s horse’s and all the king’s men are doing.

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Why isn’t the following a sentence?

The prancing cheerleaders.

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This phrase has a subject, but no verb.

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Is the following a sentence?

Thought long and hard.

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No. because it has no subject. We don’t know who thought long and hard.

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What is the simple subject in the following sentence?

The strange tall man ran the marathon in a duck costume.

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Man. The simple subject is the noun or pronoun that the sentence is about. Ignore the adjectives that modify that noun when searching for the simple subject.

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What is the simple subject in the following sentence?

The southern states are warmer than the northern states.

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States- is the simple subject of the sentence.

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What is the complete subject in the following sentence?

The strange tall man ran the marathon in a duck costume.

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The strange tall man- The complete subject includes all the adjectives modifying the simple subject.

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What is the complete subject in the following sentence?

The bedraggled troops slowly marched home.

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The bedraggled troops- is the complete subject.

20
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How many subjects are in the following sentence>

The Yankees, the Red Sox, and the Marlins all won games last night.

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There’s just one subject, but it’s a compound subject.

21
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What is the complete subject in the following sentence?

The octagon-shaped sign is a stop sign.

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The octagon-shaped sign: is the complete subject.

22
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What is the compound subject of this sentence?

The gym teacher and the parking lot monitor are dating.

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The gym teacher and the parking lot monitor- is the compound subject.

23
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Make this a sentence by adding a predicate:

The man in the yellow raincoat.

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One possibility: The man in the yellow raincoat-likes monkeys.

24
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What is the simple predicate in the following sentence?

My bedroom looks messier today.

A

Looks: is the main verb in the sentence, and -is- therefore is the simple predicate.

25
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What is the simple predicate in the following sentence?

Shrimp belong int he ocean.

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Belong: is the simple predicate.

26
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What kind of predicate does the following sentence have?

While sunbathing, I use SPF 45 and wear a giant hat.

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A compound predicate. Use/Wear- both describe the action of the subject.

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What is the simple predicate in the following sentence?

If the students have been sufficiently prepared, they will pass the national exam.

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Pass is the simple predicate. (If the students have been sufficiently prepared- is a dependent clause.)

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Find the subject in the following sentence.

Although no one was listening, Zeke continued to rant.

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Zeke- is the subject.

29
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What is a sentence?

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A sentence is a group of words that forms a complete thought. A sentence must contain both a subject and a predicate.

30
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What is a predicate?

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The predicate conveys what the subject does or is. The predicate contains a verb or verb phrase.

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What is the subject of a sentence?

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The subject is who or what the sentence is about.

32
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Is it true that with a good subject, a sentence is complete?

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No. A sentence needs both a subject and a predicate.

33
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Where must a sentence’s subject be placed?

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Anywhere in a sentence.

34
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True or False: A subject can sometimes be a verb.

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False. A subject must always be a noun or pronoun. (A subject can be a gerund, but remember, a gerund is a verb that acts like a noun)

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What is a simple subject?

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A simple subject is the noun or pronoun that performs the action of the sentence.

36
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What is a complete subject?

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A complete subject is the noun or pronoun and its modifiers that perform the action of the sentence.

37
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What is a compound subject?

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A compound subject occurs when a sentence has more than one simple subject.

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What is a simple predicate?

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A simple predicate is the main verb in a sentence; it tells what the subject is or does.

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What is the complete (or full) predicate?

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The complete predicate is the main verb and all the words relating to it.

40
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What is it called when there is more than one simple predicate in a sentence?

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A compound predicate.

41
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What is a compound predicate?

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A compound predicate occurs when there is more than one simple predicate in a sentence.

42
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T/F: A predicate must always contain a verb or verb phrase.

A

True

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