Understanding English Sentence Structure

The video tutorial explains the basic structure of English sentences, focusing on the subject, verb, and object components. It highlights the roles of nouns as subjects and objects, the importance of word order, and provides examples of sentences with and without objects. The tutorial includes practice exercises to identify sentence components and concludes with a summary and call to action.

What is the role of a verb in a sentence?

• To connect clauses

• To modify an adjective

• To show action

• To describe a noun

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CCSS.L.1.1C

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.3.1F

CCSS.L.3.1I

In the sentence 'Monkeys eat bananas', what is the subject?

• None of the above

• Monkeys

• Bananas

• Eat

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CCSS.L.1.1J

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.7.1B

Which of the following is a correct word order in English?

• Object Verb Subject

• Subject Verb Object

• Verb Subject Object

• Object Subject Verb

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CCSS.L.3.1A

What happens to the sentence structure if there is no object?

• The sentence uses a verb-object order

• The sentence uses a subject-verb order

• The sentence uses an object-verb order

• The sentence becomes incomplete

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CCSS.L.3.1A

In the sentence 'Brian plays guitar', what is the object?

• None of the above

• Plays

• Guitar

• Brian

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CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.K.1B

Which part of the sentence 'Mice eat cheese' receives the action?

• Eat

• None of the above

• Mice

• Cheese

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CCSS.L.3.1A

In the sentence 'Maria counts money', what is the verb?

• Maria

• Counts

• Money

• None of the above

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CCSS.L.1.1C

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.3.1F

CCSS.L.3.1I

What is the subject in the sentence 'Children read books'?

• Read

• Children

• None of the above

• Books

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CCSS.L.2.1D

CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

In the sentence 'Frogs eat flies', which word is the verb?

• Frogs

• Flies

• None of the above

• Eat

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CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

What is the correct order of words in the sentence 'Maria drinks water'?

• Verb Subject Object

• Subject Verb Object

• Object Verb Subject

• Subject Object Verb

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CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D