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Daily Grammar Practice Subjects, Predicates, Phrases, & ObjectsConcept Review

Section I: Multiple Choice

  1. What is the part of a sentence about which something is being said?
  2. subject
  3. predicate
  4. object of the preposition
  5. direct object
  6. What is the part of a sentence that tells you what the subject is doing?
  7. subject
  8. predicate
  9. object of the preposition
  10. direct object
  11. What is the part of a sentence that comes after an action verb answers the question “what” or “whom?”
  12. subject
  13. predicate
  14. object of the preposition
  15. direct object
  1. What is the part of a sentence that follows a preposition and tells “what?”
  2. subject
  3. predicate
  4. object of the preposition
  5. direct object
  6. What is a group of words beginning with a preposition and ending with a noun or pronoun?
  7. appositive phrase
  8. gerund phrase
  9. prepositional phrase
  10. infinitive phrase
  11. What is the part of a sentence that comes before a direct object and answers the question “to whom,” “for whom,” or “to what?”
  12. direct object
  13. preposition
  14. adverb
  15. indirect object

Section II: Simple & Complete Subjects

Directions: Put an S above the simple subject and underline the complete subject once.

  1. the squirrel took acorns to its nest (1)
  2. the dance was on friday it was fun (2)
  3. did you buy a gift for jed and me (1)
  4. brad gave sheena his phone number but she did not call him (2)
  5. my friend jose will travel here on Tuesday (1)
  6. i like the book the outsiders by s e hinton (1)
  7. both courtney and i will go to soccer practice after school (2,1)
  8. each of the boys must have his own book (1)
  9. it is very cold in our classroom today (1)
  10. sally sells seashells by the seashore (1)
  11. we donot need any new paint for our project (1)
  12. abe likes milk but james prefers lemonade (2)
  13. will you accept my apology (1)

Section III: Simple & Complete Predicates

Directions: Put a V above the simple subject and underline the complete predicatetwice.

  1. the squirrel took acorns to its nest (1)
  2. the dance was on friday it was fun (2)
  3. did you buy a gift for jed and me (2,1)
  4. brad gave sheena his phone number but she did not call him (3,2)
  5. my friend jose will travel here on Tuesday (2,1)
  6. i like the book the outsiders by s e hinton (1)
  7. both courtney and i will go to soccer practice after school(2,1)
  8. each of the boys must have his own book (2,1)
  9. it is very cold in our classroom today (1)
  10. sally sells seashells by the seashore (1)
  11. we don’t need any new paint for our project (1)
  12. abe likes milk but james prefers lemonade (2)
  13. will you accept my apology (2,1)

Section IV: Prepositional Phrases & Objects of the Preposition

Directions: Put parentheses around each prepositional phrase, label each phrase Prep. Phr., and label each object of the preposition with OP.

  1. the squirrel took acorns to its nest
  2. the dance was on friday it was fun
  3. did you buy a gift for jed and me
  4. my friend jose will travel here on Tuesday
  5. i like the book the outsiders by s e hinton
  6. both courtney and i will go to soccer practice after school
  7. each of the boys must have his own book
  8. it is very cold in our classroom today
  9. sally sells seashells by the seashore
  10. we don’t need any new paint for our project

Section IV: Direct & Indirect Objects

Directions: Label each direct object with DO and each indirect object with IO. Not all sentences will have an indirect object.

  1. did you buy a gift for jed and me
  2. will you accept my apology
  3. always write your name on your paper
  4. i like the book the outsiders by s e hinton
  5. sally sells seashells by the seashore
  6. we donot need any new paint for our project
  7. abe likes milk but james prefers lemonade
  8. the new girl in our class plays tennis and basketball for the panthers
  9. brad gave sheena his phone number but she did not call him
  10. the accident taught the sailors an important lesson
  11. my mother bought our family a new computer
  12. each year gives the children presents