ParaPro Writing Pracitce

The exquisite murals created by Mahlangu and other artists from the Ndebele tribe aren't purely for aesthetic purposes, however…

What is the subject of the sentence above?

• 1. Mahlangu and other artists

• 1. the Ndebele tribe 

• 1. science museum

• 1. The exquisite murals

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RI.3.2

World-renowned artist Esther Mahlangu is bedecking the walls of the Sci-Bono Discovery Center in Johannesburg, South Africa, with VIBRANTLY colored circles, squares, cylinders, rectangles, and triangles. 

What part of speech is the CAPITALIZED word in the sentence above?

• Verb

• Adjective

• Adverb

• Noun

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CCSS.L.3.1A

Now, the traditional artwork, with its remarkable symmetry and proportion, is helping the country's young people grasp a wide array of mathematical formulas found in geometry and trigonometry.

What is the simple predicate in the sentence above?

• 1. Grasp

• Now

• Is Helping

• Found

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CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.1.1C

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1F

CCSS.L.3.1I

Complex patterns of lines, angles, and geometric figures, so prominent in the Ndebele artwork, are familiar sights among the Ndebele people, as the shapes typically adorn huts, gateways, and pillars in the South African tribe's homeland.

What is the simple predicate in the sentence above?

• 1. Adorn

• Are

• Sights

• Artwork

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CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.1.1C

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1F

CCSS.L.3.1I

She is pleased to have the opportunity to share her passion for her tribe's traditional artwork with young people.

What is the simple predicate in this sentence?

• To have

• To share

• Is pleased

• Opportunity

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CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.1.1C

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1F

CCSS.L.3.1I

"They will carry on the traditions so our art won't die,"

What is the subject in the sentence?

• Traditions

• They

• Art

• Our

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CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.1.1C

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1F

CCSS.L.3.1I

The country's former policy of racial segregation officially ended in the 1990s, but the deep chasm it created in the country's education system remains.

What is the predicate in the sentence?

• 1. But the deep chasm it created in the country's education system remains.

• 1. Officially ended in the 1990s 

• 1. The country's former policy of racial segregation.

• 1. Policy of racial segregation officially ended in the 1990s.

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CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.1.1C

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1F

CCSS.L.3.1I

The museum hopes to take advantage of South Africa's rich cultural heritage to bridge the nation's racial gap.

What is the subject of the sentence above?

• South Africa's

• The museum

• Advantage

• Racial gap

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CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

Find the simple predicate (the verb that tells what the subject does) in the following sentence: Esther Mahlangu herself did not attend school and did not learn about the mathematical concepts. 

• 1. Esther Mahlangu

• 1. did not attend school

• 1.  did not attend school and did not learn 

• 1.  Mathematical concepts

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CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.1.1C

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1F

CCSS.L.3.1I

The article states that “ The 73-year-old artist's exceptional talent has taken her all over the world to paint everything from pots and sneakers to airplanes and buildings” . The words “ has taken” are  being used as a: 

• 
  Both subject and predicate 

• Subject

• Predicate

• Simple Predicate

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CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.1.1C

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1F

CCSS.L.3.1I