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Parts of the Sentence A guide to the process Step One Find the complete verb The team practices daily. The nights were long and cold. This little incident may never have occurred. Step One Find the complete verb The team practices daily. The nights were long and cold. This little incident may never have occurred. Step One Find the complete verb The team practices daily. The nights were long and cold. This little incident may never have occurred. Step One Find the complete verb The team practices daily. The nights were long and cold. This little incident may never have occurred. Step Two Action or Linking? He lifted both lenses to the steeple. My best friend is a basketball player. Step Two Action or Linking? He lifted both lenses to the steeple. My best friend is a basketball player. Step Two Action or Linking? He lifted both lenses to the steeple. –ACTION My best friend is a basketball player. Step Two Action or Linking? He lifted both lenses to the steeple. –ACTION My best friend is a basketball player. Step Two Action or Linking? He lifted both lenses to the steeple. –ACTION My best friend is a basketball player. –LINKING Step Three Find the Subject The team practices daily. The nights were long and cold. This little incident may never have occurred. Step Three Find the Subject The team practices daily. The nights were long and cold. This little incident may never have occurred. Step Three Find the Subject The team practices daily. The nights were long and cold. This little incident may never have occurred. Step Three Find the Subject The team practices daily. The nights were long and cold. This little incident may never have occurred. Step Four If the verb is linking. . . A predicate nominative –Mary is a teacher. •“teacher” re-names the subject “Mary” Step Four If the verb is linking. . . A predicate adjective –Mary is tall. •“tall” describes the subject “Mary” Step Five If the verb is an action verb . . . An adverb can follow the action verb –The teenagers drove quickly through the neighborhood. •Action verb = •Adverb = Step Five If the verb is an action verb . . . An adverb can follow the action verb –The teenagers drove quickly through the neighborhood. •Action verb = drove •Adverb = Step Five If the verb is an action verb . . . An adverb can follow the action verb –The teenagers drove quickly through the neighborhood. •Action verb = drove •Adverb = quickly Step Five If the verb is an action verb . . . A noun or pronoun can follow the verb The teenagers drove the car. –Car = Direct Object Step Five If the verb is an action verb . . . Two nouns or pronouns can follow the verb We gave him some advice. Step Five If the verb is an action verb . . . We gave him some advice. –Verb = Gave –Direct Object = What was given = advice Step Five If the verb is an action verb . . . We gave him some advice. –Verb = Gave –Indirect Object = Who or What ‘advice’ is given to = him Remember! Prepositional Phrases are NEVER major parts of the sentence, only nouns, pronouns, verbs, and predicate adjectives.