Parts of a sentence

What is a predicate in a sentence?

• The part of the sentence that tells what the subject does or is.

• The subject of the sentence.

• The object that receives the action in a sentence.

• A type of conjunction used to connect clauses.

Identify the subject in the sentence: 'They are the two brilliant stars in Gemini.'

• They

• Gemini

• stars

• brilliant

Identify the direct object in the sentence: 'We could put them in groups.'

• groups

• put

• them

• We

What is a verb?

• A word that expresses an action or a state of being.

• A type of noun that describes a person, place, or thing.

• A word that modifies a noun or pronoun.

• A conjunction that connects clauses or sentences.

Identify the preposition in the sentence: 'The groups break the sky into parts.'

• into

• break

• sky

• parts

Give an example of an adjective.

• happy

• quickly

• run

• beautifully

Give an example of a verb.

• run

• apple

• quickly

• blue

What is a direct object in a sentence?

• The subject of the sentence that performs the action.

• The noun or pronoun that receives the action of the verb.

• An adjective that describes the verb.

• A phrase that adds information about the subject.

Give an example of a noun.

• dog

• run

• quickly

• blue

Give an example of a compound sentence.

• 'I wanted to go for a walk, but it started to rain.'

• 'I enjoy reading books.'

• 'She runs every morning.'

• 'The sun sets in the west.'