Clauses & Phrases, Sentence Structure, & Parts of Speech

Match the following vocabulary words to their definitions.

• A group of words that always expresses a complete thought

• Predicate

• The WHO or WHAT of a sentence

• Clause

• What the subject IS or DOES

• Sentence

• A group of related words

• Phrase

• A group of words with a subject and a verb (may not always express a complete thought)

• Subject

Read the group of words below and determine if they are a phrase, a clause, or a sentence.

HE ATE MY CAKE

• Phrase

• Clause

• Sentence

REVIEW OF SUBJECTS AND PREDICATES.

Identify the simple subject in the following sentence:

Gabriel pruned the rosebushes.

• Gabriel

• pruned

• the

• rosebushes

REVIEW OF SUBJECTS AND PREDICATES.

Identify the simple predicate in the following sentence:

The pink hand lotion spilled.

• The pink

• hand

• lotion

• spilled

REVIEW OF SUBJECTS AND PREDICATES.

Identify the simple predicate in the following sentence:

Many of my friends applied to the University of Texas.

• Many of

• my friends

• applied

• to the University of Texas

REVIEW OF SUBJECTS AND PREDICATES.

Identify the simple subject in the following sentence:

Ted woke up from a nightmare.

• Ted

• woke up

• from

• a nightmare

Find all the nouns.

• dog

• run

• small

• pencil

• school

Find all the proper nouns.

• school

• Sycamore High School

• Ohio

• book

• Mrs. McKenna

Find all the pronouns.

• Cincinnati

• he

• they

• I

• pencil

Find all the verbs.

• study

• speak

• friend

• dance

• nice