Hello,
Please help Ms. Sue! I’m a parent here checking on my son’s homework.
He needs to:
Cross out all prepositional phrases
Underline subject once
Underline predicates twice
Circle the dependent clause
From what I see, he is struggling a little but I wanted to double check that I’m doing it correctly before showing him. Can you have prepositional phrases within a predicate and within a dependent clause?
1. All at once, the crowd started cheering.
All at once- dependent clause
Crowd- subject
Started cheering- predicate
2. Even though the sun isn’t out, I am still in a great mood.
Even though the sun isn’t out-dependent clause
I- subject
Am still in a great mood-predicate
In a great mood-prepositional phrase
3. Through the course of the holiday season, I baked 12 dozen cookies.
Through the course of the holiday season-dependent clause
I-subject
Baked 12 dozen cookies-predicate
4. Although the Green Bay Packers are my favorite, I like Aaron Rogers best.
Although the Green Bay Packers are my favorite-dependent clause
I-subject
Like Aaron Rogers best-predicate
5. When I’m tired, I’m not good company for anyone.
When I’m tired-dependent clause
I-subject
Am not good company for anyone- predicate
For anyone-prepositional phrase
6. Having felt used, Katie left her brother alone.
Having felt used-dependent clause
Katie-subject
Left her brother alone-predicate
7. Since we planted a garden, we have so many vegetables.
Since we planted a garden-dependent clause
We-subject
Have so many vegetables-predicate
8. Dogs are my favorite animal, since they’re so sweet.
Dogs-subject
Are my favorite animal-predicate
Since they’re so sweet-dependent clause
9. As long as Jill is going to the store, could she buy some kale for me?
As long as Jill is going to the store- dependent clause
To the store-prepositional phrase
She-subject
Could buy some kale for me- predicate
For me- prepositional phrase
1. All at once, the crowd started cheering.
All at once- dependent clause NO
Crowd- subject YES
Started cheering- predicate YES
2. Even though the sun isn’t out, I am still in a great mood.
Even though the sun isn’t out-dependent clause YES
I- subject YES
Am still in a great mood-predicate YES
In a great mood-prepositional phrase YES
3. Through the course of the holiday season, I baked 12 dozen cookies.
Through the course of the holiday season-dependent clause YES
I-subject YES
Baked 12 dozen cookies-predicate YES
4. Although the Green Bay Packers are my favorite, I like Aaron Rogers best.
Although the Green Bay Packers are my favorite-dependent clause YES
I-subject YES
Like Aaron Rogers best-predicate YES
5. When I’m tired, I’m not good company for anyone.
When I’m tired-dependent clause YES
I-subject YES
Am not good company for anyone- predicate YES
For anyone-prepositional phrase YES
6. Having felt used, Katie left her brother alone.
Having felt used-dependent clause NO
Katie-subject YES
Left her brother alone-predicate YES
7. Since we planted a garden, we have so many vegetables.
Since we planted a garden-dependent clause YES
We-subject YES
Have so many vegetables-predicate YES
8. Dogs are my favorite animal, since they’re so sweet.
Dogs-subject YES
Are my favorite animal-predicate YES
Since they’re so sweet-dependent clause YES
9. As long as Jill is going to the store, could she buy some kale for me?
As long as Jill is going to the store- dependent clause YES
To the store-prepositional phrase YES
She-subject YES
Could buy some kale for me- predicate YES
For me- prepositional phrase YES
All clauses, dependent or independent, must have both a subject and a verb. Otherwise, they’re phrases.
Thank you!
I am still a little unsure though with
All at once
&
Having felt used
Being prepositional phrases since all and having are not prepositions. Could you please explain this further?
Hello! It looks like you are on the right track with identifying the subjects, predicates, dependent clauses, and prepositional phrases in the sentences. Here's a breakdown of each sentence and the corresponding markings:
1. Sentence: All at once, the crowd started cheering.
- Dependent clause: All at once (circle it)
- Subject: the crowd (underline it once)
- Predicate: started cheering (underline it twice)
2. Sentence: Even though the sun isn't out, I am still in a great mood.
- Dependent clause: Even though the sun isn't out (circle it)
- Subject: I (underline it once)
- Predicate: am still in a great mood (underline it twice)
- Prepositional phrase: in a great mood (cross it out)
3. Sentence: Through the course of the holiday season, I baked 12 dozen cookies.
- Dependent clause: Through the course of the holiday season (circle it)
- Subject: I (underline it once)
- Predicate: baked 12 dozen cookies (underline it twice)
4. Sentence: Although the Green Bay Packers are my favorite, I like Aaron Rodgers best.
- Dependent clause: Although the Green Bay Packers are my favorite (circle it)
- Subject: I (underline it once)
- Predicate: like Aaron Rodgers best (underline it twice)
5. Sentence: When I'm tired, I'm not good company for anyone.
- Dependent clause: When I'm tired (circle it)
- Subject: I (underline it once)
- Predicate: am not good company for anyone (underline it twice)
- Prepositional phrase: for anyone (cross it out)
6. Sentence: Having felt used, Katie left her brother alone.
- Dependent clause: Having felt used (circle it)
- Subject: Katie (underline it once)
- Predicate: left her brother alone (underline it twice)
7. Sentence: Since we planted a garden, we have so many vegetables.
- Dependent clause: Since we planted a garden (circle it)
- Subject: we (underline it once)
- Predicate: have so many vegetables (underline it twice)
8. Sentence: Dogs are my favorite animal, since they're so sweet.
- Subject: Dogs (underline it once)
- Predicate: are my favorite animal (underline it twice)
- Dependent clause: since they're so sweet (circle it)
9. Sentence: As long as Jill is going to the store, could she buy some kale for me?
- Dependent clause: As long as Jill is going to the store (circle it)
- Prepositional phrase: to the store (cross it out)
- Subject: she (underline it once)
- Predicate: could buy some kale for me (underline it twice)
- Prepositional phrase: for me (cross it out)
Remember, prepositional phrases can be found within a sentence, but they are not part of the subject or predicate. It seems like you have a good understanding of how to identify the different parts of a sentence. I hope this helps both you and your son with his homework! Let me know if there's anything else I can assist you with.
Here is an excellent website where you can choose which grammatical terms you need help with: guidetogrammar.org/grammar/
It's in index format, so just look up terms alphabetically.
"at" is a preposition, so "at once" is a prepositional phrase.
guidetogrammar.org/grammar/preposition_list.htm
"having felt used" is a participial phrase modifying the subject, Katie.
guidetogrammar.org/grammar/phrases.htm#participle (scroll down)
A dependent clause must have a subject and a verb; these clauses usually begin with a subordinating conjunction (adverbial clause) or a relative pronoun (adjective clause); noun clauses, however, don't have introductory words (they're tricky!).
guidetogrammar.org/grammar/conjunctions.htm#subordinating_conjunctions
guidetogrammar.org/grammar/pronouns1.htm#relative