SINTAX WORKSHOP #2

REMEMBER:

SUBJECT / NOUN + VERB + COMPLEMENT

THE DOG EATS

DOGFOOD
1. From the following list of sentences point the SUBJECT /NOUN the VERB
and the COMPLEMENT (15 MINUTES)

EXAMPLE:

Subject Verb Complement

The girls practice singing and danding
a. Peter is a very interesting person, he practices parachuting.
b. Yesterday we played a soccer game.
c. Do you like to watch ttv?
d. My favourite soccer team plays today.
e. My cousing went to peru last year.
f. Playing guitar is a good hobbie
g. Rachel knows how to play the piano.
2. Organize the following sentences with correct syntax, also point the SUBJECT ,
VERB, COMPLEMENT. (10 minutes)

a. Took / Zoo /To the/ My daughter / I

b. Beautiful / America / country / a / is
c. If / study alot / you / good grades/ get / you
d. Remain / should / You / sit / in class
e. Manuela / Boyfriend / has / handsome / a
f. Travel / i / going to / am / To Panama
g. Correct / Pedro / knows / answer / the
h. Pears / Like / i / apples / and
i. Junk Food / Like / i / it’s / but / Unhealthy
 3. Tell which sentences are declarative,
interrogative, imperative or exclamatory.:
1. __________________________ We won the game!
2. __________________________ Go get me that paper on the desk across the room.
3. __________________________ What time is it?
4. __________________________ You look very pretty today.
5. __________________________ Why are you always so late?
6. __________________________ I just won one hundred dollars!
7. __________________________ Kerri, go and turn the lights on for me.
8. __________________________ The Mississippi River is the longest river in the United
States.
9. __________________________ People sometimes call me a drama queen.
10. __________________________ Who won’t you come with us to the game?
● A sentence fragment fails to be a sentence because it can’t stand on
its own. It doesn’t have an independent clause. It’s incomplete. (ex:
Since she came here.)
● A run-on sentence is an ungrammatical sentence where two or
more independent clauses are joined without a conjunction. (ex:
Randy is a sweet boy he really loves animals.)
4. Tell whether each sentence is a sentence fragment, or a run on
sentence:
1. ______________________ They went to the store she bought a
bike.
2. ______________________ The man with the large briefcase.
3. ______________________ In the afternoon before the meeting.
4. ______________________ The sun is high put on some sunblock.
5. ______________________ I don’t understand this homework it
doesn’t make sense to me.
 5. Rearrange these descriptions if the
correct order:
a.Man / Is / the / thin
b.Eyes / the / has / Blue / Girl
c.Man / Beard / has / a / the
d.Woman / has / nose / small / a
e.Big ears /has / the / boy
f. The / young / is / the .
g. Black Hair / has / man/ the