Identification Practice

Complete Sophomore List  SV DO  SV IO DO  SV PN  SV PA  PATTERN A: SV, c SV  PATTERN B: PREP PHRASE, SV  PATTERN C: ADV, SV  PATTERN D: D, SV (D,I)  PATTERN E: SV D (ID)  PATTERN F: S, APPOSITIVE, V or APPOSITIVE, SV  PATTERN G: PARTICIPIAL PHRASE, SV  PATTERN H: SV, PARTICIPIAL PHRASE  PATTERN I: GERUND PHRASE V  PATTERN J: INFINITIVE PHRASE V  PATTERN K: INFINITIVE PHRASE, SV  PATTERN L: SV; SV (I;I)  PATTERN M: SV; CONJUNCTIVE ADVERB, SV  PATTERN N: ITEMS IN A SERIES a, b,c OR a and b and c OR a or b or c

S V DO (Prep. Phrase ) The girls ate lunch in the cafeteria. SV DO Subject Verb Direct Object

S V IO DO (Prep. The boss gave Jeremy a raise for his Phrase) (Prep. Phrase) efforts on the project. SV IO DO Subject Verb Indirect Object Direct Object

S LV ADJ ( Prep. Phrase ) The teacher is patient with my questions. SV PA Subject Verb Predicate Adjective

S LV N ( Prep. Phrase ) The bird is a robin with a broken wing. SV PN Subject Verb Predicate Nominative

(Prep. Phrase) S S V After the game Sarah and Bill went home, c S S V (Prep.Phrase) but Mike and Sandy went to dinner. Pattern A I, c I Subject Subject Verb, coordinating conjunction Subject Subject Verb

(Prep. Phrase) S V With every little step, I get closer to being done. Pattern B Prep Phrase, I Prepositional Phrase, Subject Verb

Adverb S HV V (Prep. Phrase) Slowly, I am getting better at this. Pattern C Adverb, I Adverb, Subject Verb

(Sub. Conj+ Indep Clause) S V V Since we are running late, I will take my DO own car. Pattern D D, I Subordinating Conjunction Independent Clause, Subject Verb Verb

S V V ( Inf Phrase) Sub. Conj+ Indep I won’t go to work because I am getting Clause sick. Pattern E ID Subject Verb Verb Subordinating Conjunction Subject Verb

S (Appositive) V (Prep. Phrase) My goldfish, Wanda, swims in her tank all day. Pattern F S, Appositive, V Subject, Appositive, Verb

(Part. Phrase) S V Running very quickly, the cheetah caught DO his prey. Pattern G Part. Phrase, I Participial Phrase, Subject Verb

S V (Prep. Phrase) (Part (Inf We ran out into the rain, forgetting to Phrase) Phrase) bring our umbrellas. Pattern H I, Participial Phrase Subject Verb, Participial Phrase

( Gerund Phrase ) V Waiting for my brother makes me crazy. Pattern I Gerund Phrase V Gerund Phrase Verb [Your gerund phrase is the subject]

(Inf Phrase) LV PN To win is my goal. Pattern J Infinitive Phrase V Infinitive Phrase Verb [Your infinitive phrase is your subject]

(Infinitive Phrase) S V V To put it another way, you do not have a DO (Prep. Phrase) choice in the matter. Pattern K Infinitive Phrase, I Infinitive Phrase, Subject Verb Verb

(You Understood) V (Prep. Phrase) S HV V Meet me at the diner; I will put (Prep. Phrase) in our order. Pattern L I;I Subject Verb; Subject Verb

S V (prep Phrase) Conj Adverb S LV I applied for the job; however, I was too PA (Prep. Phrase) young for the position. Pattern M I; Conjunctive Adverb, I Subject Verb; conjunctive adverb, Subject Verb

s s s v (Prep. My mom, dad, and sister went to the Phrase) store. Pattern N Items in a Series Subject, Subject, Subject Verb