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What is the common noun in the following sentence?Jimmy went to Ireland, but I stayed at my house.

house

1,2

What is the subject of the following sentence?Matan went to the park.

Matan

1,3

What is the simple predicate of the following sentence?The eighth-grade students went to the park.

went

1,4

Tell whether the following verb is an action or linking verb:

dance

Action

2,1

What is the proper noun in the following sentence?Johnny offered me a dollar.

Johnny

2,2

What is the object of the preposition in the following sentence?

I slept under the tree.

Tree

2,3

What is the complete predicate of the following sentence?

The eighth-grade students went to the park.

Went to the park

2,4

Tell whether the following verb is an action or linking verb:

Are

Linking

3,1

Provide an example of a compound noun. (Hint: not a compound subject)

Any answer of two or more words used together as single noun

3,2

What is the direct object of the following sentence? What is the indirect object?

Label the direct object (DO) andthe indirect object (IO).

I gave the dollar to Jimmy.

DO-Dollar, IO-Jimmy

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What is the compound verb of the following sentence?

The eighth-grade students went to the park, played on the swings, and ate ice cream.

Went, played, and ate

3,4

Tell whether the following verb is an action or linking verb:

I feel sick

Linking

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Write a sentence with a concrete noun and an abstract noun. Label the concrete noun (CN) and the

abstract noun (AN).

Answers will vary

4,2

What are the three roles nouns can play in a sentence?

Subjects, Complements (DO/IO), and Objects of Prepositions

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One of the following sentences is transitive; one is intransitive. Label (T) and (IT) next to the number.

Explain your answer!!!1) Steve helped his mother with the cooking.

2) Steve helped in the classroom.

1) T, 2) IT

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Provide a sentence using a helping verb.

Answers may vary

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The crowd offered their cheers to Michael Jordan’s stellar performance.

Label all the types of nouns in this sentence.Choices are: concrete noun, abstract noun,

collective noun, proper noun, common noun, andpossessive noun

Answers will vary

5,2

Label the complements (IO/DO), the subjects (S), and the

object of the preposition (OP) in the sentence below:

(There are 6)When Irene offered me the gift, I

put it in my closet.

S-Irene/I, me (IO), gift/it (DO), OP-closet

5,3

What is the difference between a main verb and a verb phrase?

The main verb stands by itself; a verb phrase is the verb and one or more helping verbs

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Write two sentences:1 using smell as a linking verb1 using smell as an action verb

Answers may vary