Study guide · Weekly Quiz 12 — Grade 3
Grade 1 grammar · quiz is on Lesson 55 ·
this went home after Lesson 54
For the parent. Your child has been learning about subject complement, phrases, objects of prepositions, prepositions, subject, action verb predicate (avp), direct object, linking verb predicate (lvp). There is a short quiz tomorrow. It is low stakes and not graded — it is so the teacher can see who needs a little more help.
For you. Tomorrow's quiz is about subject complement, phrases, objects of prepositions, prepositions, subject, action verb predicate (avp), direct object, linking verb predicate (lvp). Here is what is on it.
Subject complement
What your child has been taught to say:
A subject complement is the word after a linking verb that tells about the subject.
The question they ask themselves:
“Does it tell me about the subject?”
The teacher is kind. → subject complement
Ask “Does it tell me about the subject?” — it works, so it is subject complement.
a teacher → subject complement
Ask “Does it tell me about the subject?” — it works, so it is subject complement.
Watch for this: Confuses the complement with a direct object — “Is the verb DOING something to it, or telling you what the subject IS?”
Phrase
What your child has been taught to say:
A phrase is A phrase is a group of words that acts like ONE word.
The question they ask themselves:
“Does this group act like one word?”
The cat sat under the chair. → phrase
Ask “Does this group act like one word?” — it works, so it is phrase.
through → phrase
Ask “Does this group act like one word?” — it works, so it is phrase.
Watch for this: Names the preposition without its object — “Under WHAT? Say the whole phrase.”
Object of preposition
What your child has been taught to say:
A objects of preposition is A preposition shows the relationship between its OBJECT and another word. Its object will be a noun or a pronoun.
The question they ask themselves:
“Preposition — what?”
The cat sat under the chair. → objects of preposition
Ask “Preposition — what?” — it works, so it is objects of preposition.
through → objects of preposition
Ask “Preposition — what?” — it works, so it is objects of preposition.
Watch for this: Names the preposition without its object — “Under WHAT? Say the whole phrase.”
Try these together
These are new sentences — your child has not seen them. Five minutes is plenty.
The room is warm.
She is a sailor.
The house on the corner stood empty.
along the quiet lane
The coin fell into the well.
past the old mill
Answers — for the grown-up helping
| 1 | the subject complement |
| 2 | the subject complement |
| 3 | the phrase |
| 4 | the phrase |
| 5 | the objects of preposition |
| 6 | the objects of preposition |
If it is hard: Pick up any book and read one sentence together. Ask the question in the blue box about one word in it. Five minutes is plenty — and if it is still hard tomorrow, please tell the teacher; there is a practice sheet for exactly this.