For the week of November 2 - 6 DGP For the week of November 2 - 6
This week’s sentence: antonio and his best friend min were looking for trouble and they found it quickly
Monday’s Check: Antonio (proper noun) and (coordinating conjunction) his (possessive pronoun) best (adjective) friend (common, concrete, singular noun) min (proper noun) were (helping verb) looking (action verb) for (preposition) trouble (abstract, singular, common noun) and (coordinating conjunction) they (subjective pronoun) found (action verb) it (objective pronoun) quickly (adverb)
[antonio and his best friend min Tuesday’s Check: Independent Clause [antonio and his best friend min (were looking) (for trouble)] and [they found it quickly] [] = clause () = phrase
Wednesday & Thursday’s Check: [Antonio and his best friend Min transitive verb DO OP (were looking) (for trouble)], and transitive verb DO [they found it quickly]. Making a statement = Declarative (ends with a period) 1 Independent Clause + a comma & coord. Conjunction + 1 Independent Clause = COMPOUND SENTENCE 2 ind. Clauses can be formed into a compound sentence by putting a comma and coordinating conjunction OR a semicolon between them. ; (*you can also use ; however,)
Let’s Graph It!
Friday’s Check Antonio were looking friend (Min) and
Friday’s Check Antonio were looking friend (Min) trouble and for
Friday’s Check Antonio were looking friend (Min) and trouble and for
Friday’s Check Antonio were looking friend (Min) and trouble they and for
Friday’s Check Antonio were looking friend (Min) and trouble they found and for
Friday’s Check Antonio were looking friend (Min) and trouble they found it and for
Friday’s Check Antonio were looking friend (Min) and trouble they found it and for quickly