Compound and complex sentences: subjects and verbs.

Find any prepositional phrases:

Near their lockers, Jane and Silas had found a thousand baht bill, and they handed it to Mrs. Karen.

• a thousand baht bill

• near their lockers

• and they handed it

• to Mrs. Karen

Find the subjects

Near their lockers Jane and Silas had found a thousand baht bill, and they handed it to Mrs. Karen. 

• Jane

• Silas

• bill

• they

• Mrs. Karen

Find the action verbs:

Near their lockers Jane and Silas had found a thousand baht bill, and they handed it to Mrs. Karen. 

• had

• found

• handed

• near

What type of verb is "had" in the sentence below?

Near their lockers Jane and Silas had found a thousand baht bill, and they handed it to Mrs. Karen. 

• Action

• Helping

• Linking

• It's not a verb

Find prepositional phrases:

The boys ran across the field because they were late for Foundations class. 

• the field

• across the field

• were late

• for Foundations class

Find the subjects:

The boys ran across the field because they were late for Foundations class. 

• boys

• field

• they

• class

Find the ACTION verb(s):

The boys ran across the field because they were late for Foundations class. 

• late

• were

• across

• ran

What type of verb is "were" in this sentence?

The boys ran across the field because they were late for Foundations class. 

• helping

• action

• linking

• it's not a verb

In this sentence, which word does the linking verb connect to the subject:

The boys ran across the field because they were late for Foundations class. 

• they

• late

• class

• field

Answer explanation

Late is an adjective describing "they"...the boys.

What preposition(s) can you find in this sentence?

Since it was international day, many students and teachers wore bright-colored clothing to school.

• since it

• and teachers

• wore bright-colored clothing

• to school