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Grammar Chapter 1 Review
The Sentence and Its Parts
L 1: Complete Subjects and Predicates
The subject MUST agree with the verb of the sentence. Every COMPLETE
SENTENCE has 2 basic parts: A subject and a predicate.
Example:
The glass slipper
fits only one person.
(complete subject)
(complete predicate).
*Draw a line between the complete subject and the complete predicate.
1. The oak tree is more than 200 years old.
2. The light at the top of the stairs has burned out.
3. Every morning Mrs. Mimura jogs around the neighborhood.
4. Tonight, Ms. Mimura’s son will eat spaghetti and meatballs for dinner.
5. You will have a wonderful day at the beach.
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L2: Simple Subjects
The simple subject is the main word or words in the complete subject.
Example:
Oral tales are important in Pueblo culture.
(tales = simple subject)
*Underline the simple subjects in each sentence.
1. The storyteller figures come from natural substances.
2. Each Pueblo potter pay thousands of dollars for some storyteller figures.
3. The colors on the storyteller figures are handmade and hand painted.
4. Collectors work in a different style.
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L3: Simple Predicates, or Verbs
The simple predicate, or verb, is the main word or words in the
complete predicate.
Example:
Hercules battles the nine-headed Hyrda.
(battles= simple predicate)
* Underline the simple predicates in each sentence.
1. Athena is the goddess of wisdom and warfare.
2. Demeter protects farmers and their crops.
3. Hermes delivers important messages.
4. Poseidon commands the seas.
5. Zeus is the most powerful of the Greek gods.
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L4:Verb Phrases
A verb phrase is made up of a main verb and one or more helping
verbs.
 Common Helping Verbs: Helping verbs help the main verb express
action or show time.
Forms of be:
is, am, was, are, were, be, been
Forms of do:
do, does, did
Forms of have:
has, have, had
Others:
may, might, can, should, could, would, shall, will
Example: He will have been talking all day.
(verb phrase)
* Underline the verb phrases in each sentence.
1. You might be a winner!
2. Kristen has made her decision, at last.
3. The cab driver has been waiting outside for about five minutes.
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L5: Compound Sentence Parts
A compound subject is made up of two or more subjects that
share the same verb.
 A compound verb is made up of two or more verbs that share
the same subject.
Example:
Caroline and Suzanne are looking for fables. (compound subject)
Fables entertain and teach. (compound verb)
*Underline and identify the compound subjects and or verbs.
1. Pens and pencils are available in the school store. _____
2. We hiked and talked all afternoon. ______
3. Crickets and grasshoppers are related to one another. _____
4. Ms. Mimura and Mrs. Gollhardt are the best sixth grade teachers ever! _____
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L6: Kinds of Sentences
 There are four kind of sentences:
1. Declarative: Makes a statement (.)
2. Interrogative: Asks a question (?)
3. Imperative: Commands, tells or asks someone (you) to do
something (.) or (!)
4. Exclamatory: Shows strong feeling (!)
Make up your own original sentences.
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Declarative:_____________________________________________
Interrogative:___________________________________________
Imperative:_____________________________________________
Exclamatory:____________________________________________
L7: Subjects in Unusual Order
Sometimes subjects can come between verb parts, follow verbs, or
not appear at all.
Example: The subject of a command, or imperative sentence, is usually you.
Turn down the lights. (You = subject)
Sit perfectly still. (You = subject)
*Underline the subject in the following sentences.
1. There is a terrible scream heard from miles away.
2. At the end of the story is a frightening surprise.
3. Will your story take place in the future or the past?
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L8: Complements (SUBJECTS: Predicate Nouns & Predicate Adjectives)
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A complement is a word or a group of words that completes the
meaning of the verb.
A predicate noun follows a linking verb and DEFINES or RENAMES
the subject.
A predicate adjective follows a linking verb and DESCRIBES the
quality of the subject.
Common Linking Verbs:
-Forms of Be: am, is, are, was, were, being, been
-appear, feel, look, sound, seem, taste
Example: *A popular cowboy poet is Rudy Gonzales.
(subject)
(Predicate noun)
*Most cowboy poetry is humorous.
(subject)
(predicate adjective)
* Underline and identify the PN or PA in each sentence.
1. Its no wonder that cowboy poets often sound so authentic. _______
2. Many of them are real cowboys. ________
3. The famous poet Baxter Black used to be a veterinarian. _______
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L9: Complements (OBJECT of VERBS: Direct Objects & Indirect Objects)
A direct object is a word or group of words that names the
receiver of the action. The direct object answers the question
WHAT or WHOM.
 An indirect object is a word or group of words that tells TO
WHOM or what an action is performed.
Example: *Jack climbed the beanstalk. (WHAT did he climb? Beanstalk = DO)
* Jesse told his little cousins the story. (WHAT did Jesse tell? Story = DO)
(TO WHOM did he tell? Cousin = IO)
*Underline and identify the DO and IO in the paragraph below.
A strange-looking man offered Jack five beans for his cow. Jack
immediately rejected this offer. Yet he changed his mind when he heard that the
beans were magical. Jack’s mother gave him a fierce scolding when he came home
with the beans. –Eric Scholl
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L10: Fragments and Run-Ons
A sentence fragment is missing a subject, predicate, or both.
A run-on sentence is two or more sentences written as though
they were a single sentence.
Example: *Tells the story of the Norman victory in England. (missing subject =
fragment)
* The English lost the historic battle, Duke William of Normandy became their new
king. (run-on: To revise, add a period or a conjunction with a comma.)
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*Correct any fragments or run-ons in the paragraph below.
Section 21 of the Bayeux Tapestry
Shows soldiers from Duke William’s army. They have just landed on the
English coast, some are just getting out of their ships. One interesting detail the
long oars within the ships. The Norman Ships always fairly small in the tapestry.
Historians tell us that they were actually around a hundred feet long.
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