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Grade 3 · Lesson 38 — Commas with conjunctions

U1 · Punctuation — the comma system · Commas with conjunctions
Ask the question, then answer. Subject Complement: “Does it tell me about the subject?” · Phrase: “Does this group act like one word?” · Objects of Preposition: “Preposition — what?”

How we did it together — keep looking at this

NOTbetweencompoundsubjectcomplements:Hewasangryandtired.1Ask: Does it tell me about the subject?2Try it — “tired” ✓ — so “tired” is the subject complement.3Ask: Does this group act like one word?4Try it — “between” ✓ — so “between” is a phrase.5Ask: Preposition — what?6Try it — “between” ✓ — so “between” is an object of a preposition.Two questions. Two answers. One sentence — the marks stay.
  1. Find the subject complement.
    The teacher is kind.
  2. Find the phrase.
    The cat sat under the chair.
  3. Find the objects of preposition.
    The cat sat under the chair.
  4. Find the subject complement.
    My brother is a doctor.
  5. Find the phrase.
    We walked through the garden.
  6. Find the objects of preposition.
    We walked through the garden.
As-Suffah Academy · Language Arts Lesson 38 worksheet