Daily Grammar

Lesson 174

Parts of the Sentence - Review

Instructions: Using all the knowledge learned in the previous lessons, find the verbsVerbs show action or state of being. Most verbs are action words, but a few verbs indicate state of being or existence.
Source: Lesson 1
, subjectsThe subject tells who or what about the verb.  Source: Lesson 91, predicate nominativesA predicate nominative or predicate noun completes a linking verb and renames the subject. It is a complement or completer because it completes the verb. Predicate nominatives complete only linking verbs. The verb in a sentence having a predicate nominative can always be replaced by the word equals.  Source: Lesson 102, direct objectsA direct object receives the action performed by the subject. The verb used with a direct object is always an action verb. Another way of saying it is that the subject does the verb to the direct object.
Source: Lesson 109
, appositivesAn appositive is a word or group of words that identifies or renames the noun or pronoun that it follows. It is set off by commas unless closely tied to the word that it identifies or renames. ("Closely tied" means that it is needed to identify the word.) An appositive can follow any noun or pronoun.  Source: Lesson 128, nouns of addressNouns or nominatives of address are the persons or things to which you are speaking. They are set off from the rest of the sentence by a comma or commas, may have modifiers, and are not related to the rest of the sentence grammatically. You can remove them and a complete sentence remains. Source: Lesson 131, adjectivesAdjectives modify or affect the meaning of nouns and pronouns and tell us which, whose, what kind, and how many about the nouns or pronouns they modify. They come before the noun or pronoun they modify except for the predicate adjective which comes after a linking verb and modifies the subject. Source: Lesson 151, predicate adjectivesAn adjective that comes after a linking verb and modifies the subject.
Source: Lesson 155
, and adverbsAdverbs are words that modify (1) verbs, (2) adjectives, and (3) other adverbs. They tell how (manner), when (time), where (place), how much (degree), and why (cause). Source: Lesson 161 in the following sentences. If there are any adjectives or adverbs, then tell what word they modify.

1. The small children stumbled clumsily and tumbled down.

TheAdj smallAdj childrenS stumbledV  
clumsilyAdv and tumbledV downAdv.

  - The and small modify children
  - clumsily modifies stumbled
  - down modifies tumbled

2. Shortly the weather could be bitterly cold again.

ShortlyAdv theAdj weatherS could beV bitterlyAdv  
coldPAdj againAdv.

  - the and cold modify weather
  - Shortly and again modify could be
  - bitterly modifies cold

3. Wait here patiently and remain perfectly silent.

WaitV hereAdv patientlyAdv and remainV  
perfectlyAdv silentPAdj.  
(understood youS)

  - here and patiently modify wait
  - silent modifies you
  - perfectly modifies silent

4. The chipmunk darted in quickly and instantly grabbed the fallen acorn.

TheAdj chipmunkS dartedV inAdv quicklyAdv and  
instantlyAdv grabbedV theAdj  
fallenAdj acornDO.

  - The modifies chipmunk
  - in and quickly modify darted
  - instantly modifies grabbed
  - the and fallen modify acorn

5. The new friend was the tall, handsome boy.

TheAdj newAdj friendS wasV theAdj tallAdj,  
handsomeAdj boyPN.

  - The and new modify friend
  - the, tall, and handsome modify boy

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