Dr. Flay’s Grammar Warm-up Practice
The fox chased the rabbit into its burrow.
1. What is the subject(s) of the sentence?__________________
2. What is the verb or verb phrase?_______________________
3. What is the prepositional phrase?_______________________
4. What is the direct object of the sentence?________________
5. What part of speech is its?___________________________
Dr. Flay’s Grammar Warm-up Practice
The fox chased the rabbit into its burrow.
1. What is the subject(s) of the sentence?___________________
2. What is the verb or verb phrase?_________________________
3. What is the prepositional phrase?_________________________
4. What is the direct object of the sentence?_________________
5. What part of speech is its?_____________________________
Dr. Flay’s Grammar Warm-up Practice
We will celebrate Thanksgiving, a national holiday, with a large
turkey and pumpkin pie.
1. What is/are the object(s) of the preposition?__________________
2. Why is Thanksgiving capitalized in two words?__________________
3. What is the sentence type (declarative, imperative, interrogative, or
exclamatory)?________________________
4. What is the verb or verb phrase in this sentence?_________________
5. What is the appositive phrase? ___________________________
Try to diagram the sentence
Dr. Flay’s Grammar Warm-up Practice
We will celebrate Thanksgiving, a national holiday, with a large
turkey and pumpkin pie.
6. What is/are the object(s) of the preposition?__________________
7. Why is Thanksgiving capitalized in two words?__________________
8. What is the sentence type (declarative, imperative, interrogative, or
exclamatory)?________________________
9. What is the verb or verb phrase in this sentence?_________________
10.
What is the appositive phrase? ___________________________
Try to diagram the sentence
Dr. Flay’s Grammar Warm-up Practice
Young men were drafted for the war, but they could not vote.
1. What is the subject in the first clause?_________________
2. What is the verb/verb phrase in the first clause?_____________
3. What is the simple subject in the second clause?_______________
4. What is the verb/verb phrase in the second clause?_____________
5. What part of speech is “not”?____________________________
6. What is the prepositional phrase? _________________________
7. What is the type of sentence structure? _____________________
Diagram sentence:
Dr. Flay’s Grammar Warm-up Practice
Young men were drafted for the war, but they could not vote.
1. What is the subject in the first clause?_________________
2. What is the verb/verb phrase in the first clause?_____________
3. What is the simple subject in the second clause?_______________
4. What is the verb/verb phrase in the second clause?_____________
5. What part of speech is “not”?____________________________
6. What is the prepositional phrase? _________________________
7. What is the type of sentence structure? _____________________
Diagram sentence: