what is a sentence?
expresses a complete thought, has a subject and a verb, has an object and/or other information
what is the subject?
is the person or thing that does the action, can be a noun or a pronoun
what is the verb?
shows the action or state of the subject, is sometimes an action word, such as "go", "speak", "write", ...., and is sometimes a non-action word, such as "be"
What is the object?
receives the action of the verb, and can be a noun or a pronoun
What is the subject in this sentence?"To everyone’s surprise, Alan actually bought Iantha a present yesterday."
Alan
what is the Verb of this sentence? "The children smiled and waved at us."
smiled and waved
what is the object of this sentence? " My brothers and I enjoy playing tennis. "
playing tennis
what is a fragment?
a fragment is an incomplete sentence. it is missing a subject or a verb, and it does not have a complete idea.
Is it a fragment or a complete sentence? "Is sunny today"
fragment
Is it a fragment or a complete sentence? "It twelve o'clock"
fragment
Is it a complete sentence or a fragment? "Michael likes football."
a complete sentence
Is it a complete sentence or a fragment? "I really need a rest."
a complete sentence
identify the word form of "beautiful" in the sentence: "The scenery is beautiful."
an adjective
Read the sentence: "We’re on the farm.". Behind "be" is a: a) adjective, b) noun phrase, c) prepositional phrase
c
