Parts of the Sentence Review

1. Parts of the Sentence Review • The test will be tomorrow. • You will have to identify complete subjects and predicates by drawing a line to separate them. • You will have to identify simple subjects and simple predicates. (including Compound subjects and predicates) • You will also have to identify if groups of words are sentences, fragments, run-ons, or comma splices. • You will also have to identify if a word is a Predicate Adjective, Predicate Nominative, Direct Object, or Indirect Object

2. This Packet • You are expected to answer this packet for tomorrow as we go through the answers in this Powerpoint. • Each individual should attempt the answer at your desk. • The class will then check the correct answer.

3. For each of the following sentences. 1) Draw a line between the Complete Subject and Complete Predicate. 2) Circle the Simple Subject. 3) Underline the Simple Predicate I am going to the river.

4. He forgot to call the emergency number.

5. Walter Payton, star running back of the Chicago Bears, was nicknamed Sweetness.

6. The National Guard was called in to handle the rising waters.

7. The store across from my house is open.

8. Waiting in line, I grew impatient.

9. I am going to go to the store.

10. Preparing for a bad snowstorm, I bought plenty of food.

11. Students whose first language is not English may have trouble with clauses.

12. If students have lived in the United States for their entire lives, they may still have difficulties with clauses.

13. Henry Ford was the founder of one of the first and most successful automobile manufacturing companies in the world.

14. Although homework seems useless, it helps to prepare for the test.

15. The man that wore the red stocking cap robbed the bank.

16. If you like clauses, you must be crazy.

17. Our teacher, who is crazy, likes clauses.

18. I will sit by whomever happens to sit in the back row.

19. The light above the sink went out yesterday.

20. The biology students collected different types of leaves.

21. Did Dad enjoy the baseball game?

22. The purple and blue flowers really brightened up the room.

23. When will the band members return from the field trip?

24. The great pyramids of Egypt have become famous.

25. They were used as royal burial chambers.

26. Have you ever seen a pyramid?

27. Many different cultures built pyramids.

28. Examples of these unique structures can be found in Egypt and Mexico.

29. Turtles and bullfrogs lived at the edge of the lake.

30. Neither onions nor peppers were in the stew.

31. Did Rosa, Barbara, and Fredric work together on the experiment?

32. Not only the cows but also the chickens must be fed.

33. Sally or Eugene will give a speech today.

34. Cedric and Melissa drank water during the long, hot afternoon.

35. We will practice on the soccer field today.

36. You should show Ms. Drake a copy of your short story.

37. The snowy mountain peaks shone in the morning sun.

38. Someone must have found the wallet in the park.

39. The basketball team will be playing in the semifinals.

40. Does your aunt own the nursery on Park Street?

41. In the shade of the oak tree, grass does not grow.

42. Calvin has been taking piano lessons for five years.

43. The kittens are playing.

44. Both tennis players inspected their rackets and practiced their swings.

45. Would you run the cash register or wrap purchases for me?

46. The bird had collected bits of straw and made a nest.

47. High above the crowd, the trapeze artists swung and leaped gracefully.

48. In the afternoon, my dogs sit on the patio and wait for me.

49. Identify as a : F - Fragment, R - Run-on, C - Comma Splice, or S - Complete Sentence F R C S Can move his desk over there. No Subject

50. F R C S When the sun shines directly in the windows. Does not express a complete thought