DGP – Sentence 1 Sentence Parts

Sentence / Word Bank Oh, what have I done to be blessed with such friends? Word Bank: direct object, infinitive phrase, object of the preposition, prepositional phrase, subject, transitive verb

Compare Compare your answers to your neighbor’s answers to see if you identified the same subject. “I labeled ________ as the subject because __________.”

Correct Answer Oh, what have I done to be blessed with such friends? I = subject (the “who” or “what” of the verb) done = transitive verb (takes a direct object) what = direct object (follows an action verb; think “subject, verb, what?”)

Correct Answer Oh, what have I done to be blessed with such friends? to be blessed with such friends = infinitive phrase (infinitive plus its modifiers and objects) with such friends = prepositional phrase (group of words beginning with a pronoun and ending with a noun or pronoun) friends = object of the preposition (follows preposition and tells “what?” or “whom?”)