SVID and SVPnom/Padj.

Hi class,

Today we took some notes on the indirect objects and direct objects that go with action verbs, and the predicate nominatives or predicate adjectives that go with linking verbs.  See the last post for the information on that.  There are screenshots on the notes on Edmodo.  We will finish exercise 5 in class tomorrow - all you had to do tonight was...

Homework: finish crossing off prepositional phrases from exercise 5... and watch the video about sentence diagramming below.  If you lost exercise 5, I put a copy up on Edmodo.

Revisiting Verbs and Introducing Objects

Hi folks, remember when we talked about action verbs and linking verbs (and even helping verbs)?  Well, we are going to build off that discussion tomorrow!  Today we are going to learn about objects!  Below are the notes that you will need.

Action Verbs – These are things that you do.   They can have Indirect Objects and Direct Objects.  Remember the almighty pattern: SVID

Direct Objects = ask “Who?” or “What?” after an action verb.  They are always afterthe action verb.  They are always nouns or pronouns.

Indirect Objects = ask “To whom?” “For whom?”  or “For what?” “To What?” If you have an indirect object, there always needs to be an action verb and a direct object. REMEMBER SVID!

Linking Verbs – These link the subject to a word that describes (Predicate Adjective, which is an adjective) or renames (Predicate Nominative, which is a noun) the subject.

We have some exercises to do in class, and then we will take it one step further for homework.

Homework:  We are flipping again!  I'm going to be teaching you another lesson by video.  In the video, I will ask you to do do two simple tasks.  Bring those tasks into class the following day!

Sentence Diagramming: I.O.'s, D.O.'s, and "and's" and "or's"

Over the last few days, we have been diagramming sentences.  Below are the screen shots for the homework from Wednesday:

 

There's a few cool things going on here:

• notice how "and" and "or" join things in a triangle.
• notice how a direct object is set apart from the action verb by a line ascending from the base line.
• notice how an indirect object dangles off of the action verb.

Today's agenda

Diagramming Simple Sentences

Today we are reviewing indirect and direct objects along with prepositional phrases (don't remember what those are? - Search your notes or this blog for them...search for the tag "grammar").

The next thing we are doing is learning how to diagram sentences!  Check out the Youtube video below: