Syntax Revision

What does the most basic syntax look like?

• subject + predicate

• subject + verb

• subject + verb + direct object

• subject + direct object

The Predicate is the...

• Part of a sentence that tells us what the subject does
• The main character in a story
• The first word in a sentence
• A type of punctuation

What is the simple predicate:

The dishes you gave me will make the table beautiful.

• The dishes
• you gave me
• will make
• the table beautiful

A complete predicate is...

• A statement that contains a subject and a verb
• A verb that describes an action
• A subject that performs an action
• A verb phrase that includes the predicate and all its modifiers

What is the complete predicate of the sentence:

The small children went to the playground. 

• The small children
• went to the playground
• The small children went
• to the playground

A compound predicate is...

• A predicate that consists of two or more simple predicates
• A compound that is used in a predicate
• A predicate that is used in a compound
• A compound that consists of two or more predicates

What is the compound predicate in the following sentence:

He showered, shaved, and dressed in his finest clothes for his cat' birthday party  

• showered, shaved, and dressed
• his finest clothes
• for his cat' birthday party
• He

What is a noun phrase?

• A word that describes an action
• A word that describes a place
• A group of words that functions in a sentence as subject, object, or prepositional object
• A word that describes a person

Find the verb phrase in the following sentence?
Harry Potter will be read forever and ever

• will be
• will be read
• be read
• read forever

Identify the adjective phrase in this sentence:

The store on the corner was damaged during a severe hailstorm.

• store on the corner

• on the corner

• a severe hailstorm

• was damaged