Can someone please check my answers? Identify subject, verb & prepositional phrashes
1. The telephone line crackled with static.
Subject=telephone line? ; Verb=crackled ; Prep= with?
2. Black spots dotted the dog's pink nose.
S=dog?; V=dotted; P=nose?
3.The knotholes in the pine wall paneling resemble staring eyes.
S=knotholes?; v=? p=?
4. The bar of soap skated around the tub & finally slid to a stop.
S=soap?; v=skated & slid?; p=?
5. Supposedly, the ghost of Abe Lincoln haunts the White House.
S=ghost?; v=haunts?; p=white house?
6. Nina & Anne auditioned for jobs as professionals dancers.
S=Nina & Anne?, v=auditioned?; prep=?
7. The folding lawn chair snapped shut on one of my fingers.
s=fingers & chair??? , v=snapped; prep?
8. Coaster-shaped jellyfish drifted with the current
s=jellyfish, v=drifted, p=with?
9. Al & Ed picked through the trash to recover the lost receipt.
s=Al & Ed, v=picked, p=?
10. The roots of the monster-sized plant had grown out of the pot & wrapped themselves #1 subject is "line", verb is fine, prep is "with static"
#2 subject is "spots", verb is fine, no prep phrase
#3 subject is fine, verb is "resemble", prep is "in the pine wall"
#4 subject is "bar" , verbs are fine, preps are "of soap", "around the tub", and "to a stop"
#5 subject is fine, verb is fine, prep is "of Abe Lincoln"
#6 subjects are fine, verb is fine, prep is "for jobs," "as professional dancers"
#7 subject is "chair", verb is fine, prep is "on one" "of my fingers."
#8 subject is fine, verb is fine, phrase is "with the current."
#9 subjects are fine, verb is fine, phrase are "through the trash," "to recover the lost receipt"
#10 subject is "roots", "had grown and wrapped" are verbs, and prep is "of the monster-sized plant," "out of the pot"
As a grammar teacher I see you need help with prep. phrases. Easy way is to think of prep phrases as the preposition and the words that follow it to the subject of the phrase. Here is a list of prepositions.
about
above
according to
across
after
against
along
along with
among
apart from
around
as
as for
at
because of
before
behind
below
beneath
beside
between
beyond
but*
by
by means of
concerning
despite
down
during
except
except for
excepting
for
from
in
in addition to
in back of
in case of
in front of
in place of
inside
in spite of
instead of
into
like
near
next
of
off
on
onto
on top of
out
out of
outside
over
past
regarding
round
since
through
throughout
till
to
toward
under
underneath
unlike
until
up
upon
up to
with
within
without You're in luck! I'm a volunteer ESL teacher, so I know my grammar. ;)
1=correct!
2=Subject: spots
3=Verb: resemble, Prep. Phrase: in the pine wall
4=S: Bar, P.:of soap, to a stop
5=P: of Abe Lincoln
6=P: for jobs
7=S: lawn chair, P: on one, of my fingers
8=P:with the current
9=P: through the trash
10=S: roots, V: had grown, P: of the monster-sized plant, out of the pot 1. Subject=line (telephone is an adjective) Verb=crackled Prep.= with
2. S=spots V=dotted There is no preposition
3. S= knothholes V=reemble P=in
4. S= soap V=skated P=around
5. S=ghost V=haunts P=of
6. S=Nina & Anne V=auditioned P=for
7. S=chair V=snapped P=on
8. S=jellyfish V=drifted P=with
9. S=Al & Ed V=picked P=through
10. S=roots V=had grown P=of
Hope I helped! All is correct except for the following:
1. S - Line (Telephone is an adjective for line); Prep - with static
2. S - spots; prep - pink nose
3. V - resemble; prep - in the pine wall
4. V - skated and slid; prep - around the tub and to a stop
5. Correct
6. prep - as professional dancers
7. S - folding lawn chair; prep - on one of my fingers
8. prep - with the current
9. prep - to recover the lost receipt
10. S - roots; V - grown & wrapped; prep - out of the pot & themselves
I noticed you had problems identifying the prepositional phrases. Whenever you have a sentence, you'll have a subject and a verb. The prep phrase is a description of what the subject and verb are doing.
For example:
She walked to the park.
She is the subject.
Walked is the verb.
To the park is the prep phrase. Note: a prepositional phrase is more than just the preposition
1. The telephone line crackled with static.
Subject=telephone line ; Verb=crackled ; Prepositional PHRASE= with static
2. Black spots dotted the dog's pink nose.
S=black spots (I think); V=dotted; P=none
3.The knotholes in the pine wall paneling resemble staring eyes.
S=knotholes; v=resemble p=in the pine wall paneling
4. The bar of soap skated around the tub & finally slid to a stop.
S=bar of soap; v=skated & slid; p=around the tub
5. Supposedly, the ghost of Abe Lincoln haunts the White House.
S=ghost; v=haunts; p=of Abe Lincoln
6. Nina & Anne auditioned for jobs as professionals dancers.
S=Nina & Anne, v=auditioned; prep=for jobs, as professional dancers
7. The folding lawn chair snapped shut on one of my fingers.
s=folding lawn chair, v=snapped; prep - on one of my fingers
8. Coaster-shaped jellyfish drifted with the current
s=Coaster-shaped jellyfish, v=drifted, p=with the current
9. Al & Ed picked through the trash to recover the lost receipt.
s=Al & Ed, v=picked, recover p=through the trash
10. The roots of the monster-sized plant had grown out of the pot & wrapped themselves
s = roots v = had grown, wrapped p=of the monster-sized plant, out of the pot |
