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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.