Download Step #1 Look for the in the sentence. * An action verb is a word that

Review of sentence
parts
Step #1
Look for the _______________ in the sentence.
* An action verb is a word that shows action ________________________________
* A linking verb is a state of being ________________________________________
Ask the questions,
"What ______________ is taking place, or _____________________ in the sentence?"
THIS word (or group of words) is verb the sentence.
DO NOT
THROW
away!!
Notes taken on
February 4,
2008. You will
need these for a
future quiz
AND the TEST
in June.
Underline the verb TWICE
Aunt Polly punished Tom for ditching school.
Tom started a fight with the new boy in town.
Aunt Polly is mad at Tom.
Continue on… Here’s a couple more:
Tom’s friends were painting the fence for him.
Huck Finn was a homeless boy.
Step #2
Find the _________________ of the verb (the person or thing that performs the action).
* Ask the question, "_____________________________" before the verb.
* The answer you get gives you THE WORD (or group of words) serves as the subject of the verb.
Underline the verb TWICE and the subject ONCE
Aunt Polly punished Tom for ditching school.
Tom started a fight with the new boy in town.
Aunt Polly is mad at Tom.
Tom’s friends were painting the fence for him.
Huck Finn was a homeless boy.
Step # 3, Part 1
If you have an ACTION verb, find the DIRECT OBJECT. (If there is one in the sentence, it is the person or thing
that receives the action of the verb.)
* Ask the question, "______________________" after the verb.
* The answer you get will let you know which word serves as the direct object of the verb.
On your paper, go back to your sentences with ACTION VERBS and CIRCLE the Direct Object
Underline the verb TWICE and the subject ONCE AND CIRCLE the Direct Object
Aunt Polly punished
what/who?
_________________
Tom started
what/who? a
_________________
friends were painting
what/who?
_________________
Tom’s little brother discovered the black thread.
Breaks down to
Brother discovered
what/who?
_________________
Joe saved his baseball cap after the fire.
Breaks down to
Joe saved
what/who?
_________________
The red and yellow birds ate the grain.
Breaks down to
birds ate
what/who?
_________________
Step # 3, Part 2
* If you have a ______________verb, find the ______________________________________________
(If there is one of these in the sentence, it is
a noun replacing the subject or an adjective describing the noun)
* Ask the question, "___________" after the verb.
* The answer you get will let you know which word serves as the predicate noun or adjective of the verb.
Aunt Polly is mad at Tom.
Breaks down to
Aunt Polly is
what?
_________________
(this is a predicate adjective mad b/c mad is an adj. describing Aunt Polly)
Huck Finn was a homeless boy.
Breaks down to
Huck Finn was what?
_________________
(this is a predicate noun b/c boy is noun taking the place of Huck Finn)
Underline the verb TWICE
the subject ONCE AND CIRCLE
the Direct Object
1. Dawn plays the saxophone.
2. The stars guide sailors at sea.
3. Noel makes jewelry from
For the next four, try the same
but CIRCLE the predicate
For the next five, try the
same but CIRCLE the
adjective or noun
predicate noun
1.Good babysitters are reliable.
1. Those girls are skaters.
2.The school has a large gym with
2. The boy is a model.
Colonial painted on it.
3. Jesse James and Billy the
driftwood.
4. You weaved this cloth.
5. People built castles and statues
in the sand.
Kid were outlaws.
3.The track team smelled badly.
4. Diana and Minerva were
4.Forest fires do tremendous
damage.
Roman goddesses.
5. Was Tiny the pitcher?
EXIT ticket homework:
Underline the verb TWICE
the subject ONCE AND CIRCLE
the Direct Object
1. The birds ate the grain and the seeds
2. Paul built a dollhouse for Hayley.
3. The club members held a party in the park.
4. The audience cheered their favorite actors during the play.
5. Tiny children prefer short stories.
6. Terri really dialed a wrong number last night.
7 Dad and Mom watched our play.
8. Dogs eat bones.
9. Jane and her best friend wrote long letters.
10. A strong wind blows her hair.
For the these ten, Underline the verb TWICE
the subject ONCE, and CIRCLE the predicate
noun or adjective
1. Felix Mendelssohn was a German composer.
2. Gerald Ford became President of the U.S..
3. Mary seems a shy girl.
4. These men are reporters.
5. Mrs. Prevatt is a good cook.
6. My grandfather was a butcher.
7. Freckles is a book by Gene Stratton-Porter
8. William McKinley was a president.
9. Coal is a readily available source of power.
10. William Shakespeare is the greatest
playwright in history.