Parts of the Speech

Write the action verb of the following sentence:

John collected gold, red and yellow leaves.

Write the action verb of the following sentence:

He carefully placed them in his backpack.

Subjects and Predicate. Decide whether the underlined word or word group is subject or the predicate.

Whether young or old, many people enjoy legends about Davy Crockett.

• Subject

• Predicate

Predicates. Choose the correct predicate of the sentence.

When did the first explorer reach the South Pole?

• The first explorer

• When did...reach the South Pole?

• reach the South Pole?

Sentences and Fragments. Decide whether the word group is a sentence or a sentence fragment.

Because Dan has a younger sister.

• Sentence

• Fragment

Sentences and Fragments. Decide whether the word group is a sentence or a sentence fragment.

Whenever he goes out into the bright sunlight.

• Sentence

• Fragment

Noun or Adjective?

Please place your lunch boxes on the shelf.

• noun

• adjective

Adjective or Noun?

Tomorrow is my birthday.

• Noun

• Adjective

Write the adverb you find in the sentence.

You can rarely get tickets for this horse show.

Write the adverb you find in this sentence:

Vivi's parents always attend her shows.