Grammar Time!
Subjects/predicates Subject – who is performing the action? Predicate – what are they doing? The angry dog chewed on his bone. For her birthday, the silly child is going to Chuck E. Cheese. The flower is beautiful.
Subjects Can be nouns or pronouns MarySue wants a new iPod. The sloth is a hero. Her bought a cronut from the street vendor.
Predicates = Verbs Action verbs – read, jump, burp State of being verbs – is, are, was, were, be, being, been Helping verbs – work with the main verb to create a verb phrase
Helping Verbs continued Do you know the helping verb song?? Havehashadam Areiswaswere Bebeingbeendo Doesdidwillwould Shallshouldcan could Maymightmust I should have studied my grammar lesson.
Prepositions Forfromwith Byatof Oninaround Can you add more? Open your grammar workbook to page 127 to see the whole list. BEWARE of the Infinitive! To + Verb
Prepositions Part II If a word in in a prepositional phrase, it CANNOT be the subject! It’s helpful to MOPP (mark out prep phrases) as you go…