Find The Different Elements In A Sentence: Simple Subject, Verb, Prepositional Phrases.

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1. What is the verb of the sentence: Georgina wrote an angry letter to her friend Helen.

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The verb of the sentence is "wrote" because it is the action that Georgina performed in the sentence. She wrote an angry letter to her friend Helen.

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Find the different elements in a sentence: Simple Subject, verb, propositional phrases.

2. What is the subject of this sentence: Georgina wrote an angry letter to her friend Helen.

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The subject of this sentence is Georgina because she is the one performing the action of writing the angry letter to her friend Helen.

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3. What is the subject of this sentence:  While touring the country, Alex and his family spent much of their time taking photographs of unusual natural landmarks.

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The subject of the sentence is "Alex and his family". This is because they are the ones who are touring the country and spending much of their time taking photographs of unusual natural landmarks.

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4. Which of the following is a prepositional phrase in this sentence?   Georgina wrote an angry letter to her friend Helen.

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The prepositional phrase in this sentence is "to her friend Helen". Prepositional phrases begin with a preposition (in this case, "to") and end with a noun or pronoun ("her friend Helen"). It functions as an adverbial phrase, indicating the direction or destination of Georgina's action of writing.

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5. Match the following
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6. Which of the following is NOT a prepositional phrase in this sentence?  
In a the refrigerator, there were only moldy hotdogs left over from the BBQ on Memorial Day in May.

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A prepositional phrase is a group of words that begins with a preposition and ends with a noun or pronoun. In this sentence, "only moldy hotdogs" is not a prepositional phrase because it does not begin with a preposition. It is simply a noun phrase.

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7. What is the verb of the sentence:   While touring the country, Alex and his family spent much of their time taking photographs of unusual natural landmarks.

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The verb of the sentence is "spent." This is because "spent" is the action that Alex and his family performed while touring the country. They dedicated a significant amount of their time to taking photographs of unusual natural landmarks.

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8. Which of the following is a prepositional phrase in this sentence?
While touring the country, Alex and his family spent much of their time taking photographs of unusual natural landmarks.

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The prepositional phrase in the sentence is "of unusual natural landmarks". It begins with the preposition "of" and shows the relationship between the verb "taking" and the object "photographs". The phrase describes the type of photographs they were taking, specifically ones that were of unusual natural landmarks.

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9. What is the subject of this sentence:  In a the refrigerator, there were only moldy hotdogs left over from the BBQ on Memorial Day in May.

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The subject of this sentence is "hotdogs." This is because the sentence is describing what is left over in the refrigerator, and it specifically mentions "only moldy hotdogs." The other options listed are either prepositional phrases ("in a the refrigerator," "from the BBQ on Memorial Day in May") or pronouns ("there").

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10. What is the verb of the sentence:  In a the refrigerator, there were only moldy hotdogs left over from the BBQ on Memorial Day in May.

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The verb of the sentence is "were." It is the past tense form of the verb "to be" and is used to indicate the existence or presence of something. In this sentence, "were" is used to describe the state of the moldy hotdogs in the refrigerator.

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