Week Twenty
Complex/Imperative/S-Vt-DO Modifiers and Prepositions Tasks 1-6
Write on your board: the four types of verbs, the five principal parts of a verb, the four verb attributes, and 12 verb tenses (4 form X 3 time).
Welcome
Colossians 4:2 – Devote yourself to prayer, being watchful and thankful.
Prayer
Part of Speech: Adjectival Modifiers
Let's practice adding some modifiers to sentences. Modifiers can be adjectives or adverbs. Remember that they do not contain information that is intrinsic to the sentence. They just add information to make the sentence more interesting or informative.
Do you remember that every sentence has a subject and a predicate portion of the sentence?
(The two school boys, Jo and Nate, pretended to be pirates.)
Let's start with adding some modifiers for the Subject portion of the sentence. First, we need to identify and label the sentence pattern.
The wolf seemed scary. (S-Vl-PA)
How can we make the wolf more interesting? How about we add some one-word adjectives?
The ______, ________ wolf seemed scary. (adjectives)
Now let's add in a prepositional phrase that tells which wolf.
The wolf in __________________ seemed scary. (adjectival phrase)
Next, let's add an adjectival subordinate clause - otherwise known as a Who/Which clause.
The wolf, who ___________________ seemed scary. (adjectival subordinate/dependent clause)
Lastly, we can modify the subject (wolf) with an appositive.
The wolf, ________(rename the subject)______________, seemed scary. (appositive)
Part of Speech: Adverbial Modifiers
The big, bad wolf scared people.
First, let's add a "when" adverb. "When" did the wolf scare people?
The big, bad wolf scared people ___________. (one word adverb)
Next, lets add an adverb that tells how often.
The big, bag wolf ____________ly scared people. (one word adverb)
An adverbial prepositional phrase that tells where.
The big, bad wolf scared Little Red Riding Hood at _____________. (adverbial prep phrase)
Finally, let's add an adverbial subordinate clause. We'll use the subordinating conjunction "when".
The big, bad wolf scared Little Red Riding Hood when he _______________.
(adjectival subordinating/dependent clause)
Part of Speech: Prepositions
Prepositional Phrases always start with a? (preposition) and end with an? (object of the preposition).
For second or third tour students:
Some prepositions can where two hats. They are a preposition when they are followed by an object, and they are an adverb when they act alone.
She walked outside the room.
She walked outside.
There are also prepositions that we haven't memorized. Sometimes a group of words acts as a preposition.
In addition to... In spite of... According to...
Sentence Classification: Complex, Imperative, S-Vt-DO
(On board) Jesus, save us because you love us.
Identify the independent and subordinate/dependent clauses.
Independent: Jesus, save us
Dependent: because you love us
First clause
Subject: Who or what save us? (you - SP)
Verb: What is being said about you? (save - V)
"You save" who or what? (us - underline)
Does "us" rename or describe you? (no, so "us" is DO and verb is Vt)
Second clause
Subject: who/what love us? (you - SP)
Verb: what is being said about "you"? (love - V)
"You love" what or whom? (us - underline)
Does "us" rename or describe you? (no, so "us" is DO and verb is Vt)
Does this sentence address anyone? (yes - Jesus - label NDA)
Sentence structure: Complex
Sentence purpose: Imperative
Sentence Pattern: S-Vt-DO
Diagram using example on p. 245
Tasks 5-6
Rewrite sentence using simple structure as Dec, Exc, Int.
Rewrite by structure using declarative purpose as simple, compound, complex (compound-complex for older students).
See Quid et Quo on p. 246
