Compound/Interrogative/S-Vt-DO
This week, we will continue to talk about compound sentences and the sentence pattern S-Vt-DO. We will be adding in the twist of making it an interrogative sentence.
Jesus loves me, and He loves you.
First, let’s identify the sentence patterns.
S Vt DO C S Vt DO
Jesus loves me, and He loves you.
Second, what is the structure of this sentence? (compound) How do we know?
We know it is compound, because it has two complete clauses joined by a conjunction.
What if it looked like this:
Jesus loves me and you.
Would it still be compound? Why?
OK. So we know that this sentence is compound, declarative, right? Let’s change this sentence into an interrogative sentence. How would I do that?
#1 - Change punctuation: Jesus loves me, and He loves you?
#2 - Use interrogative pronouns (who, when where): Who loves me, and who loves you?
#3 - Use helping verbs to begin the sentence: Does Jesus love me, and does He love you?
More sentences to change to interrogative:
Zach went fishing, and he caught a fish.
Sarah baked a cake, but Miley ate it.
Abigail completed her work, so she can play volleyball.
Adjectives
Today, we will also be learning about adjectives and some of the different ways that they can be used in a sentence. Can anyone tell me what an adjective is? (An adjective modifies a noun or pronoun by describing, qualifying, or limiting.) This means that an adjective is added to help explain a noun more exactly.
Look at chart L while we talk about adjectives, to give a better understanding of where we are.
Ready for the big picture about adjectives?
One-word adjectives:
Descriptive – add detail to a noun or pronoun and tell what kind.
BLUE car/BEAUTIFUL girl/PORCH light
NEW house/LESS talkative/MORE talkative/TALLER boy
LEAST talkative/MOST talkative/TALLEST tower
Possessive – tell whose
MY/OUR
MINE/OURS
TOM’S/HANNAH’S
Limiting – tell how many or which
A, an, the - articles
One, twenty, first - numericals
This, that, these, those - demonstratives
All, another, any - indefinites
What, which, who - interrogatives
Multi-word adjectives
Adjectival phrase – prepositional phrase acting as an adjective.
(Prepositional phrases are always either adjectival or adverbial.)
My dad is a man of great integrity.
Adjectival clause – a subordinate clause that functions as an adjective in a sentence.
My dad, who loves me, instructs me. (we know these as who/which clauses)
Infinitive – an infinitive is “to” plus a verb used as a noun, adjective or adverb.
The one to ask is Mike.
The best way to know if you’re looking at an adjective is to know what questions to ask. If you look on your chart, they are listed at the top of the page.
What kind? Which? How many? Whose?
A few weeks ago, we studied adverbs. Does anyone remember the questions you ask to identify adverbs?
How? When? Where? Why? How often? How much? To what extent? Under what conditions?
These questions are really important to memorize, so that you can tell the difference between an adjective and an adverb.
Analytical Tasks
Ok, let’s put these together. Let’s identify a couple of sentences that are interrogative, compound, S-Vt-DO, and have adjectives. Do you think we can do it? I think you can. We’ll take it one step at a time.
Vh S Vt AJ AJ DO CC
Did Rose draw this beautiful picture, or did Jo draw it?
Diagram
SP Vt AA AJ DO CC SP Vt AA AJ DO
Who washed the dirty dishes, and who swept the crumby floor?
Diagram
AA S Vt AA DO CC SP Vt AA DO
The dog chewed the bone, or he swallowed the bone?
Diagram
This week at Home
Keep working on your Analytical Task Sheets with your practice sentences. Also, practice the Adjectives Chart.
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