Grammar Review

Every sentence has two main parts. What are those parts?

• a direct object and an indirect object

• a subject and a predicate

• a noun and an a pronoun

• a subject and an adjective

The simple subject is....

• the main noun and all the words that describe it

• the verb and all the words that describe it

• the object of the preposition

• the main noun or pronoun that tells what the sentence is about

Identify the simple subject: Our family traveled through Africa last summer.

• family

• traveled

• Africa

• summer

Identify the simple subject: The driver slowed the van to a stop.

• slowed

• van

• driver

• stop

The simple predicate is ...

• the verb or verb phrase that expresses action or being about the subject

• the main noun or pronoun that tells what the sentence is about

• the main noun and all the words that describe it

• the main verb or verb phrase and all the words that describe it

Identify the simple predicate: Two small cubs batted each other with padded paws.

• batted

• cubs

• each

• other

Identify the simple predicate: Mom had given me lunch money before school.

• had given

• mom

• given

• money

What is made up of the simple subject and all the words that tell about it?

• the complete subject

• the complete predicate

• the simple subject

• the simple predicate

What is made up of all the words that tell what the subject is or does, including the simple predicate?

• the simple predicate

• the complete subject

• the simple predicate

• the complete predicate

Identify the complete subject: Three of the high school classes planned a community project.

• three

• three of the high school classes

• planned a community project

• a community project