 The subject will always be a noun or a pronoun. › Noun = person, place, thing, or idea › Pronoun = stands for a noun – I, you, he, she, it, we, they  “Who” or “what” the sentence is about  People applauded.  Gloria wrote the answers on the board.

1. Aliens abducted my little sister last week from her bedroom window. Aliens 2. They returned her in the middle of a forest 3 days later. They 3. She forgot what happened. She 4. Unfortunately, a tracker was inserted in her arm. Tracker 5. It allows them to find her, even at school! It

 Verbs express action, or what they subject is doing.  You can find action verbs by asking yourself, “What does the subject do?” › People applauded. › Gloria wrote the answers on the board.  Some verbs do not show action they are called linking verbs. › Example. Is, am, are, was, were

 Aliens eat babies often in Latvia. o eat  Latvia is a country in Europe. o is  The government hides the evidence of aliens. o hides  They claim that the aliens are rabid bears. o claim  Bears and aliens look differently. o look

 Some verbs consist of more than one word – a helping verb + the main verb. › Gloria has written the answer on the board. › The balloons were drifting slowly to earth.  The main verb of a sentence NEVER begins with the word to. › Gloria is going to write the answer on the board. › The balloons seemed to hang in the air.

 Forms of to be: is, am, are, was, were, being, been  Forms of to have: have, has, had  Forms of do: do, does, did  Special verbs: can, could, may, might, must, ought, shall, should, will, would

 Aliens are abducting children all over the world to conduct experiments on them. o Are abducting  Parents are shocked at the refusal of the government to acknowledge these abductions. o Are shocked  Families should invest in colored pyramid prisms to prevent alien abductions. o Should invest

 The subject of a sentence is never in a prepositional phrase.  Prepositional phrase – group of words that begins with a preposition and ends with a noun. They usually provide details and direction on when and where.  Common prepositions – about, after, at, before, between, by, during, for, from, in, into, like, of, on, outside, over, through, to, toward, with, without

 To avoid alien abduction, you should purchase pyramid prisms and hang them in windows. o To avoid alien abductions, in windows  You will see an alien space craft under the tree. o Under the tree  The alien came through her window! o Through her window  Some people think that Area 51 holds evidence of the existence of aliens. o Of the existence, of aliens

1. Daisy is looking 2. She keeps 3. One letter in the book is especially 4. She had entered 5. Her entry was 6. The letter from the contest officials awarded 7. The eagle on the front of her brag book has 8. It tells her to fly

9. Daisy used 10. On the computer she writes 11. Daisy’s life has changed 12. She learned 13. She earned 14. She has told 15. Daisy truly has taken charge

1. Dogs at the animal shelter wait 2. The frozen fish on the counter defrosted 3. My computer’s screen went blank 4. The kitchen in my parent’s house smells 5. A very large truck stalled 6. The orange in the refrigerator has 7. Everyone cried 8. Several sad-looking puppies huddled 9. Two young boys from the neighborhood were playing 10. By the end of the day, we had sold

1. Today, Daisy is surrounded 2. All of them care 3. Her husband Don has encouraged 4. Daisy calls 5. I was without 6. So I adopted 7. Little Bradley has 8. He just loves 9. As a child, Daisy had 10. But, through her own efforts, she is creating

 You have 10 minutes to do this with a partner

 You have 10 minutes to do this independently.