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September 7, 2016 - Review Sentences for our first grammar quiz - KEY
Instructions –
o Use this to check your answers ONLY after you have already tried to figure out
all the answers.
o Knowing this information will be helpful on the quiz on THURSDAY.
Sentences
1. Sallysue ate my dinner.
a. Verb
i. Ate
ii. Action
b. Subject question
i. Question - Who/what ate?
ii. Answer – Sallysue
iii. Sallysue is the simple subject.
c. Direct object question
i. Question - Ate whom/what?
ii. Answer – dinner
iii. Dinner is the direct object
iv. The action verb in this sentence is a “transitive” verb because it is an
action verb with a direct object
d. Prepositional phrases
i. None in this sentence
2. Sallysue and Billybob ran a big race.
a. Verb
i. Ran
ii. action
b. Subject question
i. Question - Who/what ran?
ii. Answer – Sallysue/Billybob
iii. Sallysue and Billybob are both the simple subjects
c. Direct object question
i. Question - Ran whom/what?
ii. Answer – race
iii. Race is the direct object in the sentence
iv. This verb is a “Transitive” verb because there is a direct object for the
action verb
d. Prepositional phrases –
i. None in this sentence
3. Sallysue and Billybob ran a big race and won!
a. Verbs
i. Verb 1 – ran
1. action
ii. Verb 2 – won
1. action
b. Subject question
i. Question 1 – Who/what ran?
1. Answer – Sallysue/billybob
ii. Question 2 – Who/what won?
1. Answer – Sallysue/Billybob
2. Note – sallysue/Billybob are the subjects of both verbs in the
sentence
c. Direct object question
i. Question 1 – Ran whom/what?
1. Answer – race
2. Race is the direct object of ran.
3. “Ran” is a transitive verb because it is an action verb with a direct
object.
ii. Question 2 – Won whom/what?
1. Answer – there is no answer to this question so that verb has not
direct object
2. That verb is an “intransitive” verb because it is an action verb with
NO direct object.
d. Prepositional phrases i. There are no prepositional phrases in this sentence
4. They won first prize and had a big, loud celebration.
a. Verb
i. Verb 1 – won
1. action
ii. Verb 2 – had
1. action
b. Subject question
i. Question 1 – who/what won?
1. Answer - They
ii. Question 2 – Who/what had?
1. Answer – They
2. Note – “They” is the simple subject for both verbs.
c. Direct object question
i. Question 1 – Won whom/what?
1. Answer – prize
2. Prize is the direct object
3. The verb is transitive
ii. Question 2 – Had whom/what?
1. Answer – celebration
2. Celebration is the direct object
3. The verb is transitive
d. Prepositional phrases i. There is no prepositional phrase in this sentence
5. Billybob threw the ball for his puppy.
a. Verb
i. Threw
ii. action
b. Subject question
i. Question – Who/what threw?
ii. Answer – Billybob
iii. Billybob is the simple subject in the sentence.
c. Direct object question
i. Question – Threw whom/what?
ii. Answer – ball
iii. The verb is a transitive verb because it is an action verb with a direct
object.
d. Prepositional phrases i. “for his puppy”
ii. For – preposition
iii. Puppy – object of the preposition
iv. Adverbial prepositional phrase because it tells us “how” or “when” he
threw the ball.
6. Billybob’s puppy is really cute.
a. Verb
i. Is
ii. Linking verb
b. Subject question
i. Question – Who/what is?
ii. Answer – puppy
iii. Puppy is the simple subject in the sentence
c. Direct object question
i. There can’t be a direct object because there is only a linking verb.
ii. “Cute” is a “predicate adjective” because it is linked by the linking verb
back to describe or rename the subject
d. Prepositional phrases –
i. There are no prepositional phrases in this sentence.
7. On Saturday, my brother and I will eat potatoes and broccoli.
a. Verb
i. Verb – “Will eat”
ii. Action verb phrase
1. Will – helping verb
2. Eat – main verb
b. Subject question
i. Question -Who/what will eat?
ii. Answer – brother/I
iii. Both “brother” and “I” are the simple subjects of the sentence
c. Direct object question
i. Question – Will eat whom/what?
ii. Answer – potatoes/broccoli
iii. Both “potatoes” and “broccoli” are the direct objects in the sentence
iv. “Will eat” is a transitive verb phrase because there is a direct object
d. Prepositional phrases i. “On Saturday” is the prepositional phrase
ii. It is adverbial because it tells us “when”
Things to know
 All of the grammar terms – complete definitions – on page 1 of grammar packet.
 What does “SAID” stand for in grammar?
o Subject
o Action verb
o Indirect object
o Direct Object
 What is the general subject question?
o “Who/what verb from the sentence?
o You use the verb from the sentence to fill in the “verb from the sentence
space” in the question.
 What is the general direct object question?
o “Verb from the sentence whom/what?
o You use the verb from the sentence to fill in the “verb from the sentence
space” in the question.