1. DOL
Quick, name the eight parts of speech! Write two sentences. Between the two of them, use every single part of speech.

2. Verbs

3. Transitive Verbs (VT) Carries an action across a sentence
Answer: what? whom?
EX: I eat spinach.
EX: I love my dog.
Direct and Indirect Objects.
When there are two objects in the sentence, the indirect always comes before the direct object.
Indirect Objects can usually be recognized by moving them after the direct object and adding to or for.

4. Identify DO and IO Note: get rid of prepositional phrases first.
Harry met Sally at the grocery store.
He shot the basketball.
Give your Aunt Patty a hug!
The plumber’s pants give us too much information.

5. Intransitive Verbs (VI)
Answers when? Where? Why? how?
EX: I eat at 6:30 am.
EX: I eat nutritiously.
EX: I eat at my kitchen table.

6. Linking Verbs (VL) Form of “be” Verbs that describe the subject
90% = is, were, am, are, be, was
EX. My dog Daisy is a German Sheppard-Beagle mix.
Subject Complements: another way to restate the subject.

7. Subject Complements Daisy is
a mix.
friendly and playful.
here.
in the backyard.
Noun, adjective, adverb, prepositional phrase

8. Types of Sentences 1) S + VI 2) S + VT + DO 3) S + VT + IO + DO
4) S + VL + SC

9. Other forms of Linking Verbs
Smell
Taste
Seem
Appear
Look
Become
Get
Feel
Sound

10. Word Relay– Round 1 Team 1: Team 2: Team 3: Team 4: Dream Train Sleep
Phone

11. Word Relay– Round 2 Team 1: Team 2: Team 3: Team 4: Shade Study Grape
Dance

12. Word Relay– Round 3 Team 1: Team 2: Team 3: Team 4: Ashen Imply Defer
Frail