Sentence
Sentence Analysis
Analysis
the`socks
?
en
wh
whom?
what?
yesterday.
upstairs
?
where
who is it that?
what is it that?
washed
Mom
3
9
19
25
The children ate ice cream here today.
Clouds covered the sky two days ago near Seattle.
Set 8.1: Subject, Predicate, Direct Object, and Adverbial When and Where?
The boy flew the kite yesterday on a beach.
Mom washed the socks upstairs yesterday.
Prepared Sentence Strips
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Card 1A
Set`1:`Subject`and`Predicate
Sentence:`Sandra`sleeps.
Questions
Answers
What`part`of`the`sentence`is`this?
What`is`the`action?`````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````
Whom`or`what`did`the`action?``````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````
Sentence:`Jonathan`reads.
Questions
Answers
What`part`of`the`sentence`is`this?
What`is`the`action?`````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````
Whom`or`what`did`the`action?``````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````
Card 1A
Set`1:`Subject`and`Predicate
Sentence:`The`teacher`spoke.
Questions
Answers
What`part`of`the`sentence`is`this?
What`is`the`action?``````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````
Whom`or`what`did`the`action?```````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````
Sentence:`The`children`listened.
Questions
Answers
What`part`of`the`sentence`is`this?
What`is`the`action?``````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````
Whom`or`what`did`the`action?```````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````
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Card 4A
Set`4:`Subject,`Predicate,`Direct`Object,`and`Indirect`Object
Sentence:`The`weatherman`pointed`to`the`map`on`the`screen.
Questions
Answers
What`part`of`the`sentence`is`this?
What`is`the`action?`````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````
Whom`or`what`did`the`action?``````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````
To`whom`or`what?```````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````
To`whom`or`what?```````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````
Sentence:`A`train`rode`on`the`tracks`to`the`city.
Questions
Answers
What`part`of`the`sentence`is`this?
What`is`the`action?`````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````
Whom`or`what`did`the`action?``````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````
To`whom`or`what?```````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````
To`whom`or`what?```````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````
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Subject and Predicate - Instructions
1. Cut the sentence into their parts of speech.
Sandra sleeps.
sleeps.
Sandra
2. Place each separate strip under its appropriate symbol. Piece the sentence together by asking questions that define the
part of the speech.
who is it that?
what is it that?
sleeps.
Sandra
3. Flip the symbols to reveal the proper name of each part of speech.
Subject
Sandra
Predicate
sleeps.
Subject and Predicate - Instructions
Card 1A
Set`1:`Subject`and`Predicate
Sentence:`Sandra`sleeps.
Questions
Answers
What`part`of`the`sentence`is`this?
What`is`the`action?``````````sleeps
predicate
Whom`or`what`did`the`action?`Sandra
subject
The child should first be shown the use of
strips from set 1.1 and then write the answers
on the cards in set 1A.
Sentence:`Jonathan`reads.
Questions
Answers
What`is`the`action?
reads
Whom`or`what`did`the`action?` Jonathan
What`part`of`the`sentence`is`this?
predicate
Card 1B
Sentence:`A`duck`quacked.
Answers
What`is`the`predicate?````````````
quacked
What`is`the`subject?`````````````
A duck
Sentence:`A`boy`ran.
Questions
````````````````
subject
Set`1:`Subject`and`Predicate
Questions
When showing a child how to divide the
sentence strips (follow instructions from the
previous page), make sure to also show how
to answer corresponding questions on
specific cards included in this set.
Answers
What`is`the`predicate?``````````
ran
What`is`the`subject?``````````````
A boy
Next, the child should be shown the use of
strips from set 1.2 and then write the answers
on the cards in set 1B.
Subject, Predicate, and Direct Object - Instructions
1. Cut the sentence into their parts of speech.
Martha`skipped`to`school.
Martha
skipped
to`school.
2. Place each separate strip under its appropriate symbol. Piece the sentence together by asking questions that define the
part of the speech.
who is it that?
what is it that?
Martha
whom?
what?
skipped
to`school.
3. Flip the symbols to reveal the proper name of each part of speech.
Subject
Martha
Predicate
skipped
Direct Object
to`school.
Subject, Predicate, and Direct Object - Instructions
Card 3A
Set`3:`Subject,`Predicate,`and`Direct`Object`
Sentence:`Martha`skipped`to`school.
Questions
Answers
What`part`of`the`sentence`is`this?
skipped
What`is`the`action?`
predicate
Whom`or`what`did`the`action? Martha
To`whom`or`what?`
subject
to school
The child should first be shown the use of
strips from set 3.1 and then write the answers
on the cards in set 3A.
Direct Object
Sentence:`Ronald`roller-skated`to`the`park.
Questions
What`is`the`action?`
Answers
What`part`of`the`sentence`is`this?
roller-skated
predicate
Whom`or`what`did`the`action?` Ronald
To`whom`or`what?`
to the park
subject
Direct Object
Card 3B
Set`3:`Subject,`Predicate,`and`Direct`Object
Sentence:`A`shark`swims`in`the`ocean.
Questions
When showing a child how to divide the
sentence strips (follow instructions from the
previous page), make sure to also show how
to answer corresponding questions on
specific cards included in this set.
Next, the child should be shown the use of
strips from set 3.2 and then write the answers
on the cards in set 3B.
Answers
What`is`the`predicate?````````````
swims
````````````````````````
What`is`the`subject?```````````````
A shark
````````````````````````
What`is`the`direct`object?`````````
in the ocean
````````````````````````
Sentence:`The`bird`glided`in`the`sky.
Questions
Answers
What`is`the`predicate?````````````
glided
````````````````````````
What`is`the`subject?```````````````
The bird
````````````````````````
What`is`the`direct`object?`````````
in the sky
```````````````````````
Subject, Predicate, Direct Object, and Indirect Object - Instructions
1. Cut the sentence into their parts of speech.
A`train`rode`on`the`tracks`to`the`city.
A`train
rode
on`the`tracks
to`the`city.
2. Place each separate strip under its appropriate symbol. Piece the sentence together by asking questions that define the
part of the speech.
who is it that?
what is it that?
whom?
what?
rode
A`train
on`the`tracks
to
to who
wh m
at ?
?
to`the`city.
3. Flip the symbols to reveal the proper name of each part of speech.
Subject
A`train
Predicate
rode
Direct object
In
di
on`the`tracks
re
c
to
bj
ec
t
to`the`city.
Subject, Predicate, Direct Object, and Indirect Object - Instructions
Card 4A
Set`4:`Subject,`Predicate,`Direct`Object,`and`Indirect`Object
Sentence:`The`weatherman`pointed`to`the`map`on`the`screen.
Questions
Answers
What`part`of`the`sentence`is`this?
pointed
What`is`the`action?
Whom`or`what`did`the`action?` The weatherman
To`whom`or`what?`
To`whom`or`what?`
to the map
on the screen
Sentence:`A`train`rode`on`the`tracks`to`the`city.
Questions
Answers
When showing a child how to divide the
sentence strips (follow instructions from the
previous page), make sure to also show how
to answer corresponding questions on
specific cards included in this set.
predicate
````````````````````````
subject
````````````````````````
The child should first be shown the use of
direct object ````````````````````````
strips from set 4.1 and then write the answers
on the cards in set 4A.
indirect object `````````````````````````
What`part`of`the`sentence`is`this?
What`is`the`action?`
````````````````````````
Whom`or`what`did`the`action?`
````````````````````````
To`whom`or`what?`
````````````````````````
To`whom`or`what?`
````````````````````````
Set`4:`Subject,`Predicate,`Direct`Object,`and`Indirect`Object
Sentence:`A`cat`played`with`yarn`on`a`rug.
Questions
Answers
What`is`the`predicate?````````````
What`is`the`subject?```````````````
played
A cat
Card 4B
Next, the child should be shown the use of
strips from set 4.2 and then write the answers
on the cards in set 4B.
````````````````````````
````````````````````````
What`is`the`direct`object?`````````
with yarn
````````````````````````
What`is`the`indirect`object?```````
on a rug
````````````````````````
Sentence:`The`fire`burned`the`wood`at`the`campfire.
Questions
Answers
What`is`the`predicate?````````````
````````````````````````
What`is`the`subject?```````````````
````````````````````````
What`is`the`direct`object?`````````
````````````````````````
What`is`the`indirect`object?``````
````````````````````````
Subject, Predicate, Direct Object, and Adverbial - Instructions
1. Cut the sentence into their parts of speech.
The boys played basketball yesterday.
The boys
played
basketball
yesterday.
2. Place each separate strip under its appropriate symbol. Piece the sentence together by asking questions that define the
part of the speech.
who is it that?
what is it that?
whom?
what?
played
The boys
wh
basketball
en
?
yesterday.
3. Flip the symbols to reveal the proper name of each part of speech.
Subject
The boys
Predicate
played
Direct object
basketball
Ti
m
e
yesterday.
Sample Answers
Booklet 1.4
Booklet 1.5
Page 2
Page 2
The siblings play on a slide at the park.
A boy blows out the candles (on this birthday, on his cake,
every year).
Page 3
Page 3
The workers cut the trees in the town.
Page 4
Two children are eating ice cream( on a grass, at the park, at
lunch time).
Paul seranades the audience on a bus.
Page 4
Page 5
The horse quenched his thirst (here, by the river, in the
morning).
The passangers board a train at a station.
Page 5
Page 6
Sarah washed the dishes(at noon, by the sink).
A couple dances in costumes at a parade.
Page 6
Page 7
The man faces a person in a costume.
The baseball player hit the ball (at the game, at the stadium,
last night).
Page 8
Page 7
The people await the metro at a station.
The girl played soccer on a field (yesterday, nearby).
Page 9
Palm trees grow tall in warm climates.
Page 10
The college students sit on stairs at school.
Page 11
The family shops for shirts at a store.