Fill in the blanks with the appropriate parts of a sentence.
- The subject of a sentence is usually a or .
- A predicate expresses about the .
- The object of a sentence receives the of the .
- A direct object answers the question or .
- An indirect object answers the question or .
- The complement of a sentence provides more information about the or .
- A subject complement follows a and describes or identifies the _.
- A predicate nominative renames the after a linking .
- A predicate adjective describes the after a linking .
- In the sentence “I am a student,” “I” is the and “a student” is the _.
- “She sings beautifully” – What is the subject?
- “The cat chased the mouse” – What is the direct object?
- “He gave her a book” – What is the indirect object?
- “They elected him president” – What is the predicate nominative?
- “She seems happy” – What is the predicate adjective?
- “The flowers are beautiful” – What is the subject complement?
- “That pizza smells delicious” – What is the subject complement?
- “He feels tired” – What is the predicate adjective?
- “The book is on the table” – What is the prepositional phrase?
- “They danced all night” – What is the adverbial phrase?
- Subject complement can be either or .
- The subject of an imperative sentence is often _.
- A compound subject consists of or subjects.
- A compound predicate consists of or predicates.
- The simple subject is the _ noun or pronoun in the subject.
- The simple predicate is the _ verb or verb phrase in the predicate.
- A phrase is a group of words that a single .
- A clause is a group of words that contains a and a .
- A dependent clause cannot stand alone as a .
- An independent clause can stand alone as a .
- “John and Sarah play soccer” – What is the compound subject?
- “She sings and dances” – What is the compound predicate?
- “The cat sat on the mat” – What is the simple subject?
- “They were running late” – What is the simple predicate?
- “In the garden, the flowers bloom” – What is the phrase?
- “After the rain stopped” – What is the clause type?
- “When the bell rings” – What is the clause type?
- “Because she was tired” – What is the clause type?
- “He went home after he finished his work” – What is the independent clause?
- “Although it was raining, they went for a walk” – What is the independent clause?
- A sentence must contain at least one and one .
- A _ is a group of words that contains a subject and a predicate.
- A _ sentence expresses a complete thought and can stand alone.
- A _ sentence does not express a complete thought and cannot stand alone.
- A _ sentence gives a command or makes a request.
- An _ sentence expresses strong feelings or emotions.
- An _ sentence asks a question.
- A _ sentence joins two independent clauses.
- A _ sentence begins with a coordinating conjunction.
- A _ sentence begins with a subordinating conjunction.
Answers:
- noun, pronoun
- action, subject
- action, subject
- whom, what
- to whom, for whom
- subject, predicate
- linking verb, subject
- subject, verb
- subject, verb
- subject, subject complement
- She
- the mouse
- her
- president
- happy
- beautiful
- delicious
- tired
- on the table
- all night
- predicate nominative, predicate adjective
- implied
- two or more
- two or more
- main
- main
- functions, unit
- subject, predicate
- complete sentence
- complete sentence
- John and Sarah
- sings and dances
- cat
- were running
- In the garden
- Adverbial clause
- Adverbial clause
- Adverbial clause
- He went home
- they went for a walk
- subject, predicate
- clause
- independent
- dependent
- imperative
- exclamatory
- interrogative
- compound
- compound
- complex
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