English grammar explained in plain language simple enough to be understood.
A complete sentence needs a subject and verb. If you leave out either the subject or the verb, you have written a fragment. A fragment is only a piece of a sentence. The beautiful flowers in my back yard.Three giant… Read more467. Avoid the Fragment – Use a Subject and a Verb
Each sentence must have a subject. The subject of a sentence is the person or thing that the sentence is about. The subject of a sentence is usually doing something. The dog chewed on a bone.In this sentence, the subject… Read more469. Sentences with More than One Subject
Section A: Sentence or fragment? Write S for sentence and F for fragment.1. Sitting on the back porch.2. The three dogs of my brother’s friend.3. Mary and Jane walked to the park.4. The large dog broke his leash.5. After watching… Read more470. Practice with Sentence Subjects
We know that a noun acts as a subject in a sentence. The person or thing doing the action is the subject of the sentence. Bob drives a truck. Bob is the subject of the sentence. Bob is doing the… Read more471. Using a Noun as an Object in a Sentence
An object in a sentence is always a noun. An object in a sentence does nothing. The action happens to the object. With a direct object, the action happens directly to the object. The direct object directly receives the action…. Read more472. The Noun as a Direct Object
An indirect object is only used in a sentence that already has a direct object. Action is transferred indirectly to an indirect object. Look at this example of a direct object: John threw the ball. The noun ball receives the… Read more473. The Noun as an Indirect Object
We talked yesterday about an indirect object. An indirect object sits between the verb and the direct object.Bob read Mary a story. Bob is the subject, and the action is read. The action is transferred to the direct object story…. Read more474. Change an Indirect Object to an Object of the Preposition
Section A: Find the direct object in each sentence below.1. Matthew threw the ball to first base.2. The rain knocked leaves off the trees.3. My baby brother dropped his bottle.4. I will open the window.5. The team yelled cheers all… Read more475.Practice with Objects
A preposition shows the position of an object. A preposition always begins a prepositional phrase. The phrase ends with an object of the preposition. An object is always a noun, so we use a noun for the object of a… Read more476. The Noun as an Object of the Preposition