Week 3 Online Assignment
- 1. Week 3 Online Assignment Identifying Subjects
- 2. The Assignment For this week, your assignment is to redo the Chapter 1 Skills Review on page 25 in Building Better Grammar.
- 3. The Assignment For this week, your assignment is to redo the Chapter 1 Skills Review on page 25 in Building Better Grammar. The scores on that assignment indicate that we still need some work when it comes to identifying the subject of a sentence.
- 4. The Assignment, cont. So, you’re going to redo that assignment, but the instructions this time will be slightly different.
- 5. The Assignment, cont. So, you’re going to redo that assignment, but the instructions this time will be slightly different. Instead of just identifying the subjects, I want you to write down the subject/verb pair for each sentence.
- 6. For example... Take the sentence: “Bill ate all of the pie.”
- 7. For example... Take the sentence: “Bill ate all of the pie.” Your first step should be to identify the verb.
- 8. For example... Take the sentence: “Bill ate all of the pie.” Your first step should be to identify the verb. What is the action or being word in the sentence?
- 9. Take the sentence: “Bill ate all of the pie.” Your first step should be to identify the verb. What is the action or being word in the sentence? The word “ate” is the verb--it is the action of the sentence. For example... verb
- 10. Take the sentence: “Bill ate all of the pie.” Now identify the subject--the person/place/thing/idea that takes the action of the sentence. For example... verb
- 11. Take the sentence: “Bill ate all of the pie.” Now identify the subject--the person/place/thing/idea that takes the action of the sentence. The verb is ate. Who ate? For example... verb
- 12. Take the sentence: “Bill ate all of the pie.” Now identify the subject--the person/place/thing/idea that takes the action of the sentence. The verb is ate. Who ate? For example... subject verb The pie didn’t eat, so that just leaves Bill.
- 13. Take the sentence: “Bill ate all of the pie.” So, for this sentence you would simply write: For example... subject verb
- 14. Take the sentence: “Bill ate all of the pie.” So, for this sentence you would simply write: Bill For example... subject verb
- 15. Take the sentence: “Bill ate all of the pie.” So, for this sentence you would simply write: Bill/ate For example... subject verb
- 16. Take the sentence: “Bill ate all of the pie.” So, for this sentence you would simply write: Bill/ate That’s the subject/verb pair for this sentence. For example... subject verb
- 17. Before we move on, go ahead and try #5, 9, & 23 from page 25 in Building Better Grammar. For each sentence, write out the subject/verb pair. When you’re finished, move on to the next slide.
- 19. Compound Subjects Some sentences have more than one subject-- more than one person/place/thing/idea that is the “actor” of the sentence.
- 20. Compound Subjects In the sentence, Greta and her dog walked around the block. What are the subjects?
- 21. Compound Subjects In the sentence, Greta and her dog walked around the block. Again, it’s often easiest to start by finding the verb. What is the action or state of being word in this sentence?
- 22. Compound Subjects In the sentence, Greta and her dog walked around the block. Again, it’s often easiest to start by finding the verb. What is the action or state of being word in this sentence? Verb
- 23. Compound Subjects In the sentence, Greta and her dog walked around the block. Now we ask the question, “Who walked?” In this case, there are two answers: Verb
- 24. Compound Subjects In the sentence, Greta and her dog walked around the block. Now we ask the question, “Who walked?” In this case, there are two answers: Greta Subject Verb
- 25. Compound Subjects In the sentence, Greta and her dog walked around the block. Now we ask the question, “Who walked?” In this case, there are two answers: Greta and dog. SubjectSubject Verb
- 26. Now answer # 18 and #20 on p. 25 before moving on to the next slide. For both sentences, write down the subject/verb pair.
- 27. Implied Subjects
- 28. Implied Subjects There are a few tricky sentences in Chapter 1 that don’t have obvious subjects.
- 29. Implied Subjects There are a few tricky sentences in Chapter 1 that don’t have obvious subjects. For example, the sentence, Please go milk the cows.
- 30. Implied Subjects There are a few tricky sentences in Chapter 1 that don’t have obvious subjects. For example, the sentence, Please go milk the cows. has a verb but no subject.
- 31. Implied Subjects There are a few tricky sentences in Chapter 1 that don’t have obvious subjects. For example, the sentence, Please go milk the cows. has a verb but no subject. Who is going in this sentence? (Hint: it’s not the cows)
- 32. Implied Subjects There are a few tricky sentences in Chapter 1 that don’t have obvious subjects. For example, the sentence, Please go milk the cows. Since this sentence is giving an instruction to the reader, the reader (“you”) is actually the implied subject.
- 33. Implied Subjects There are a few tricky sentences in Chapter 1 that don’t have obvious subjects. For example, the sentence, (You) please go milk the cows. Since this sentence is giving an instruction to the reader, the reader (“you”) is actually the implied subject.
- 34. Implied Subjects Remember, any time a sentence is giving a command to the reader, the subject is the implied word “you”.
- 35. Implied Subjects Remember, any time a sentence is giving a command to the reader, the subject is the implied word “you”. Here are some example sentences along with their subject/verb pairs:
- 36. Implied Subjects Remember, any time a sentence is giving a command to the reader, the subject is the implied word “you”. Here are some example sentences along with their subject/verb pairs: • Make me a sandwich. (You/make) • Enjoy the movie. (You/enjoy) • Hand me that crescent wrench. (You/hand)
- 37. Answer #10 on p. 25 by writing down that sentence’s subject/verb pair before moving on to the next slide.
- 39. Verbs as Subjects The subject of a sentence is almost always either a noun or pronoun.
- 40. Verbs as Subjects The subject of a sentence is almost always either a noun or pronoun. There are times, though, when a verb can act as a subject.
- 41. Verbs as Subjects For example, in the sentence Skydiving is one of my favorite activities.
- 42. Verbs as Subjects For example, in the sentence Skydiving is one of my favorite activities. the word “is” is a being verb, but what is the subject?
- 43. Verbs as Subjects For example, in the sentence Skydiving is one of my favorite activities. “Skydiving” is a verb, but this sentence is talking about the activity of skydiving as a subject. Nobody is actually skydiving in this sentence. Subject
- 44. Write down the subject/verb pair for #2 on p. 25 before you move on to the next slide.
- 46. Indefinite Pronouns Subject pronouns like I, he, they, it, etc. are relatively easy to identify.
- 47. Indefinite Pronouns Subject pronouns like I, he, they, it, etc. are relatively easy to identify. But indefinite pronouns can also act as the subject of a sentence.
- 48. Indefinite Pronouns Subject pronouns like I, he, they, it, etc. are relatively easy to identify. But indefinite pronouns can also act as the subject of a sentence. Indefinite pronouns are vague, unclear subjects like: everyone, no one, somebody, anybody, each, something, etc.
- 49. Indefinite Pronouns So in the sentence, Somebody needs to take care of that mess.
- 50. Indefinite Pronouns So in the sentence, Somebody needs to take care of that mess. The verb is the phrase “needs to take”. verb
- 51. Indefinite Pronouns So in the sentence, Somebody needs to take care of that mess. The verb is the phrase “needs to take”. What is the subject? Who needs to take care? verb
- 52. Indefinite Pronouns So in the sentence, Somebody needs to take care of that mess. The verb is the phrase “needs to take”. What is the subject? Who needs to take care? Subject verb
- 53. Indefinite Pronouns So in the sentence, Somebody needs to take care of that mess. The verb is the phrase “needs to take”. What is the subject? Who needs to take care? #21 on p. 25 has a good example of an indefinite pronoun acting as the subject of the sentence. Subject verb
- 54. Now finish answering #1-25 on p. 25 in Building Better Grammar. Remember: for each sentence, you only need to write down the subject/verb pair. Type up your answers and upload a Microsoft Word-compatible file to the Week 3 Online Assignment Dropbox by 5 pm on Friday, September 4.