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Grade 3 · Lesson 125 — What a clause is + Clauses and commas + Independent clauses + Dependent clauses + Clauses in longer sentences

U2 · Level Four — Clauses · What a clause is + Clauses and commas + Independent clauses + Dependent clauses + Clauses in longer sentences
Ask the question, then answer. Direct Object: “Verb — what? or whom?” · Linking Verb Predicate (LVP): “Does it DO, or does it link?” · Subject Complement: “Does it tell me about the subject?”

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Thereisathird,thebeingverbkind,butitismorerare,andwedonotstudyitinthisbook.1Ask: Verb — what? or whom?2Try it — “book” ✓ — so “book” is the direct object.3Ask: Does it DO, or does it link?4Try it — “is” ✓ — so “is” is the linking verb predicate.5Ask: Does it tell me about the subject?6Try it — “kind” ✓ — so “kind” is the subject complement.Two questions. Two answers. One sentence — the marks stay.
  1. Find the direct object.
    The boy kicked the ball.
  2. Find the linking verb predicate (lvp).
    The teacher is kind.
  3. Find the subject complement.
    The teacher is kind.
  4. Find the direct object.
    She read the book.
  5. Find the linking verb predicate (lvp).
    The soup was hot.
  6. Find the subject complement.
    My brother is a doctor.
As-Suffah Academy · Language Arts Lesson 125 worksheet