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?? Havehas had am Are is was were Be being been do Doesdid will would Shall should can could May might must

I should have studied my grammar lesson.

Prepositions

For from with By at of On in around 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…