Download 5. SC = Subject Complement (“completes” or complements the

Magic Lens Packet
Name__________________________________________
Level 1: 8 Parts of Speech
Definition
Part of Speech
Job
Description
Information
Person, place,
Subject or object
thing, or idea
Takes the place of Subject or object
a noun
What or whom?
Adjective
(ADJ)
Describing
word(s)
Describes NOUNS
Which one?
What kind?
How many?
Verb (V)
Shows action
Transfers energy
(Transitive)
Balances
(Intransitive)
What is happening?
Adverb (ADV)
Describing words
Describe or
intensify
VERBS
ADJECTIVES
OTHER ADVERBS
Where?
When?
Why?
How?
To what extent?
Under what
conditions?
Conjunction
(C)
Connecting word
What is joining
things?
Preposition
(P)
Relates word
groups
Coordinate,
subordinate, or
correlate words,
phrases, and
clauses
Used in phrases to
relate ideas and
give additional
information
Interjection
(I)
Expression that
show excitement
or emotion
Noun (N)
Pronoun (PN)
What or whom?
Often indicates
direction or
location
Level 2: Parts of a Sentence
1. S = Subject
(person, place, or thing the sentence is about)
2. P = Predicate
(what the S is doing)
3. DO= Direct Object
(answers “who or what?”after action verb)
4. IO= Indirect Object
(answers “to whom?” or “for whom?” after verb)
5. SC = Subject Complement
(“completes” or complements the subject)
 PA = Predicate Adjective
(follows LV to describe the subject)
 PN = Predicate Noun
(noun that follows LV to equal the subject)
Verb Notes
AV = Action Verb
(shows an action OR transfer of energy)
LV = Linking Verb
(shows state of being refers back to the subject)
TRANS = Transitive Verb
INTRANS = Intransitive Verb
(an action verb that has a DO)
(All linking verbs and action verbs without DO)
Magic Lens Level 3
3 Phrases
ADJECTIVE Answers: Which one? What kind How many?
PREPOSITIONAL
ADVERB
Answers: Where? When? Why? How?
To what extent? Under what conditions?
INFINITIVE
Verbal
GERUND
PARTICIPLE
(to + verb)
(verb + ing) used as noun
verb used as adjective
These phrases are called “verbals” because in each phrase the verb acts as another part of speech.
NOUN (renames a noun)
APPOSITIVE
ADJECTIVE (modifies/describes a noun)
Magic Lens: Level 4
CLAUSES
Clauses (there are only 2 types!)
1. Independent Clause
 CAN stand alone as a complete thought
Example:
Example:
Example:
I want pizza.
I would love to travel the world.
Swimming is fun!
2. Dependent Clause:
 CANNOT stand alone and DOES NOT express a complete thought
Example:
Example:
Example:
Examples:
If we order pizza
When I am older
While I am away
SENTENCE STRUCTURES
1. Simple:
One independent clause
2. Compound:
Two independent clauses
3. Complex:
At least one dependent clause and one independent clause
4. Compound/Complex: At least two independent clauses & one dependent clause
.
4 Types of Sentences
Declarative
Makes a statement
?
Interrogative
Asks a question
!
Exclamatory
Shows excitement
Imperative
Makes a demand or request