Order of a Sentence: Subject/Verb/Indirect Object/Direct Object Functions of a Noun: Subject- Usually does the action John ran away from the monster. Nearing the yellow light, the driver sped up. Direct Object- follows the verb and receives the action of the verb ** ask yourself “who” or “what” John threw the ball. (threw what?) We helped him with his homework. (helped who?) Indirect Object- follows verb and is frequently a pronoun ** ask yourself “to whom” or “for whom” John gave me the money. (to whom?) Addison bought Alex a car. (for whom?) Predicate Nominative- follows a state of being verb and remains the subject John is a student. Addison will be an excellent surgeon. Object of a Preposition- the noun that follows the preposition He left after class. My best friend lives across the street. Appositive- follows the noun and renames the subject of the sentence My sister Rita lives in Virginia. The book I’m reading, The Scarlet Letter, is set in the U.S. Clause= Contains a subject and a verb Phrase= Does NOT contain BOTH a subject and verb
Order of a Sentence: Subject/Verb/Indirect Object/Direct Object Functions of a Noun: Subject- Usually does the action John ran away from the monster. Nearing the yellow light, the driver sped up. Direct Object- follows the verb and receives the action of the verb ** ask yourself “who” or “what” John threw the ball. (threw what?) We helped him with his homework. (helped who?) Indirect Object- follows verb and is frequently a pronoun ** ask yourself “to whom” or “for whom” John gave me the money. (to whom?) Addison bought Alex a car. (for whom?) Predicate Nominative- follows a state of being verb and remains the subject John is a student. Addison will be an excellent surgeon. Object of a Preposition- the noun that follows the preposition He left after class. My best friend lives across the street. Appositive- follows the noun and renames the subject of the sentence My sister Rita lives in Virginia. The book I’m reading, The Scarlet Letter, is set in the U.S. Clause= Contains a subject and a verb Phrase= Does NOT contain BOTH a subject and verb
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