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Grade 3 · Lesson 28 — Commas with conjunctions

U1 · Punctuation — the comma system · Commas with conjunctions
Ask the question, then answer. Subject: “Who or what is this about?” · Action Verb Predicate (AVP): “What does the subject do?” · Direct Object: “Verb — what? or whom?”

How we did it together — keep looking at this

Children,highabovethebook,puttheirthoughtsdownandlooked.1Ask: Who or what is this about?2Try it — “Children” ✓ — so “Children” is a subject.3Ask: Verb — what? or whom?4Try it — “book” ✓ — so “book” is the direct object.Two questions. Two answers. One sentence — the marks stay.
  1. Find the subject.
    The boy ran fast.
  2. Find the action verb predicate (avp).
    The boy ran fast.
  3. Find the direct object.
    The boy kicked the ball.
  4. Find the subject.
    My brother helps my dad.
  5. Find the action verb predicate (avp).
    My sister read the book.
  6. Find the direct object.
    She read the book.
As-Suffah Academy · Language Arts Lesson 28 worksheet