Grammar packet #2
To Review:
DIRECTIONS: For each of the following sentences (1) divide the sentence into subject and
predicate, (2) circle the verb, (3) in the predicate, underline and label adverbials, predicate
adjectives, or predicate nominatives with an ADV, PA, or PN (above the underlined portion of
the sentence).
1.
Oblivious to the value of education, the lazy
students are in the hallway.
2.
During an election year, the environment inevitably
becomes big news.
3.
Not turning in assignments remains the major killer
of nine week’s averages.
4.
The full-contact chess team is on a roll.
5.
According to latest census, Wyoming has the least
number of corrugated tin shacks.
6.
My hands smell terrible after butchering the
cockatoo.
7.
The runner from Spring Woods stumbled and passed out
before she passed the finish line.
8.
To study a list of terms is one way to memorize them.
9.
My roommate just went to the store for a brand new
whoopee cushion.
10. At first sign of winter, the birds froze solid.
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Grammar packet #2
The Transitive Verb Patterns
(New Patterns)
A transitive verb requires one or more objects; something is done to
something else. For example, when writing, “I complete the grammar
packet,” the verb complete is transitive because it has a direct object, a
noun or pronoun that receives the action of the verb. One cannot just
complete; one must complete something (in this case, the grammar packet).
Pattern VII
Subject
The students
Predicate
studied
Direct Object
their assignments.
Example:
The dog bit me on the leg.
The dog is the subject of the sentence. Bit me on the leg is the
predicate. Bit is the verb. Me is the direct object (the object of the
action of the verb).
DIRECTIONS: For each of the following sentences (1) divide the sentence into subject and
predicate, (2) circle the verb, (3) bracket the direct object (4) label the direct object DO.
11. Spring Woods’ soccer fans have a reputation for wild
behavior.
12. A flock of buzzards often line the telephone wire
in our neighborhood.
13. The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation.
14. Eager penguins crowded the slopes during the first
snowfall of winter.
15. The two gangsters broke down their expenses into
four main categories.
Pattern VIII
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Grammar packet #2
Subject
The students
Predicate
Indirect Object
gave
the professor
Direct Object
their homework.
An indirect object is the part of a sentence most typically associated with
the goal or recipient role, representing to whom or what the action (verb)
was carried out upon.
Example:
My girlfriend gave me a cobra.
My girlfriend is the subject. Gave me a new watch is the predicate. Gave
is the verb. A cobra is the direct object. Me is the indirect object.
DIRECTIONS: For each of the following sentences (1) divide the sentence into subject and
predicate, (2) circle the verb, (3) bracket the direct and indirect object (4) label the direct object
DO and the indirect object IO.
16. Uncle Ira built the neighborhood children a tree
house with a real gun turret.
17. Instruction manuals gave me endless hours of pleasure
during my childhood.
18. Her present employer gave her a pink slip.
19. For lunch Cole made himself a humongous sandwich.
20. Yesterday Isaac bought himself an expensive leather
coat at Forever 21.
Mixed Practice
DIRECTIONS: For each of the following sentences (1) divide the sentence into subject and
predicate, (2) circle the verb, (3) bracket the direct and indirect object (if it has one) (4) label
the direct object DO and the indirect object IO (if it has one).
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Grammar packet #2
21. After failing her English class, Kelly regretted
her poor decisions.
22. The angry principal suspended Big Bird after (yet
another) foul-mouthed tirade.
23. After breaking through Jesus’ breast plate with
a fist of death, the ninja showed Jesus his own
still-beating heart.
24. The impact of the crash propelled her head through
the windshield and onto the road to roll around
like a cantaloupe.
25. Despite reams of good advice, Makayla ruined her
life by failing English, ultimately succumbing to a
life of crime.
26. After robbing a convenience store, Oscar the Grouch
pulled a sawed-off shotgun on the arresting officer.
27. Wallowing in their own filth, the rats of Sesame
Street nibbled softly on the remains of a halfdecayed Snuffulufagus.
28. On the run from the law, Finn and Jake headed south
to the Mexican border to beat up The Ice King.
29. Homer Simpson sold the devil his soul for the measly
sum of a single doughnut.
30. Although it might seem harmless, blowing off your
schoolwork for momentary fun ruins your life forever.
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