Grade 3 · Lesson 78 — Clauses and commas

U2 · Level Four — Clauses · Clauses and commas · student sheet is G1_L78_Worksheet.html
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?”

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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.
Before you mark: REVIEW DAY. Choose the focus from the last assessment, not from a plan made months ago — then use this sheet on it. No new content — the focus comes from the last assessment, not from a plan made months ago.
  1. Find the subject complement.
    The teacher is kind.
    the subject complement in “The teacher is kind.”
    Straightforward — the answer is the whole story.
  2. Find the phrase.
    The cat sat under the chair.
    the phrase in “The cat sat under the chair.”
    Straightforward — the answer is the whole story.
  3. Find the objects of preposition.
    The cat sat under the chair.
    the objects of preposition in “The cat sat under the chair.”
    Straightforward — the answer is the whole story.
  4. Find the subject complement.
    My brother is a doctor.
    the subject complement in “My brother is a doctor.”
    Straightforward — the answer is the whole story.
  5. Find the phrase.
    We walked through the garden.
    the phrase in “We walked through the garden.”
    Straightforward — the answer is the whole story.
  6. Find the objects of preposition.
    We walked through the garden.
    the objects of preposition in “We walked through the garden.”
    Straightforward — the answer is the whole story.
Secure looks like: Answers the right question for each item without prompting, and self-corrects when they realize they answered the previous one.
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