DOs, IOs, PNs, PAs, and Helping/Linking Verbs

Identify the PREDICATE NOUN in the following sentence.

Niagara Falls is a most spectacular natural wonder.

• Niagara Falls

• spectacular

• wonder

• natural

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

Identify the PREDICATE ADJECTIVE in the following sentence.

The water supply seems unending.

• unending

• supply

• seems

• There is no predicate adjective.

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CCSS.L.2.1E

Choose the one that is not a HELPING VERB.

• is

• began

• were

• had

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.2.6

CCSS.L.4.1B

Identify the VERB PHRASE in the following sentence.

Due to bad weather, our trip to Niagara Falls has been postponed indefinitely.

• has been

• indefinitely

• postponed

• has been postponed

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CCSS.L.4.1E

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

Identify the DIRECT OBJECT and the INDIRECT OBJECT for the following sentence.

The pageant winner gave the park ranger a donation.

• Direct Object = donation

  Indirect Object = pageant winner

• Direct Object = park ranger

  Indirect Object =

  donation

• Direct Object = pageant winner

  Indirect Object = park ranger

• Direct Object = donation

  Indirect Object = park ranger

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.3.1F

CCSS.L.3.1I

Write a descriptive paragraph using LINKING VERBS (LV), PREDICATE NOUNS (PN), and PREDICATE ADJECTIVES (PA) to describe a tour you might lead as a guide for a travel agency. Label one of each using the abbreviations LV, PN, and PA.

Example: The Mayans were (LV)....

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.2.6

CCSS.L.4.1B