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Snazzy Syntax

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    Basics in syntax.
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  • "I went downstairs for the party." 'I' is...
    The subject-noun.
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  • "Freddy and Susie are good friends." 'Freddy and Susie' is...
    A compound subject.
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  • "Rosie jumped over the fence faster than a rabbit." The nouns in this sentence are...
    Rosie, fence, and rabbit.
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  • "I love ice cream." 'Love' is...
    A verb.
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  • "Margaret is going to go swimming, and she is taking me with her." This sentence is...
    A compound sentence.
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  • "Matthew and I." This is not a full sentence. It is...
    A fragment.
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  • "Petunia climbed up the walls of her cage with lightning speed." 'Climbed up the walls of her cage..." is...
    The predicate of the sentence.
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  • Fix this fragment! "The witch and piglet."
    :)
  •  20
  • "Richy loves to listen to this song." 'Song' is...
    A noun.
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  • "Tomorrow is my birthday!" 'My' is...
    A pronoun.
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  • "August is a hot month." 'Is' is...
    A linking verb.
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  • "My mom is the best mom ever." 'Best' is...
    An adjective.
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  • "I ran the race quickly, hoping to get in first." 'Quickly' is...
    An adverb.
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  • Identify the verbs! "The cup tipped, spilling water across the floor."
    Tipped and spilling.
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  • Identify the adjectives! "The black house towered over me, and I shuddered to think of the sticky cobwebs, leaky ceilings, and thin, creaking walls inside."
    Black, sticky, leaking, thin, creaking.
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  • Add three adjectives to this sentence! "The sky is full of clouds."
    ? ? ?
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