Grammar and Language: Parts of the Sentence and Phrases

A set of 50 fill-in-the-blank practice flashcards covering direct and indirect objects, object complements, subject complements (predicate nominatives and predicate adjectives), prepositional phrases, and grammatical sentence analysis.

A __________ is a word or a phrase that completes the meaning of a verb.

complement

A direct object answers the question __________? or whom? after an action verb.

what

In the example sentence "Alex built a model airplane," the word __________ answers the question of what Alex built.

airplane

An indirect object answers the question to whom?, for whom?, to what?, or __________? after an action verb.

for what

In the sentence "Alex gave me a model airplane for my birthday," the pronoun __________ answers the question "Alex gave a model airplane to whom?"

me

In the sentence "Not one member of the Flowers family had a green thumb," the direct object is __________.

thumb

In the sentence "Richard the Lionhearted ruled England for only ten years," the direct object is __________.

England

In the sentence "Perhaps Ginny could locate the missing set of keys," the direct object is __________.

set

In the sentence "Ted McElwee teaches shop classes at the local high school," the direct object is __________.

classes

In the sentence "The uncapped pen leaked ink all over the desktop," the direct object is __________.

ink

In the sentence "Devona gave the old car a complete tune-up," the direct object is __________.

tune-up

In the sentence "Rose plays the harp and the harmonica," the two direct objects are "harp" and "__________."

harmonica

In the sentence "Could you give me a hand with this, Carly?" the indirect object is __________.

me

In the sentence "Aunt Sue sent the manufacturer a letter of complaint," the word "manufacturer" functions as the __________ object.

indirect

In the sentence "Aunt Sue sent the manufacturer a letter of complaint," the word "letter" functions as the __________ object.

direct

In the sentence "I bowled a 125 in the tournament," the direct object is __________.

$$125$$

In the sentence "Don’t give Tully a hard time," the indirect object is __________.

Tully

In the sentence "The class gave their teacher a bon voyage gift," the indirect object is __________.

teacher

In the sentence "Mr. Larramore assigned the class a term-long project," the indirect object is __________.

class

In the sentence "The catalog offered shoppers a plethora of useless items," the indirect object is __________.

shoppers

An object complement is a noun, pronoun, or __________ that completes the meaning of a direct object by identifying or describing it.

adjective

In the example sentence "Bob considers hamburgers his favorite food," the object complement "food" is a(n) __________.

noun

In the sentence "Ashley considers the CD hers," the word "hers" functions as an object complement and is a(n) __________.

pronoun

In the sentence "Sheila finds it useless," the word "useless" functions as an object complement and is a(n) __________.

adjective

In the sentence "Everyone presumed her innocent at first," the object complement is the adjective __________.

innocent

In the sentence "The blacksmith found the horseshoe bent beyond repair," the object complement "bent" is a(n) __________.

adjective

In the sentence "The people of Dunwhich would reckon the monument theirs," the object complement "theirs" is a(n) __________.

pronoun

In the sentence "The troop of young, hopeful performers elected Jennifer director," the object complement "director" is a(n) __________.

noun

In the sentence "The composer called his composition 'Summer Dawn,'" the object complement is __________.

“Summer Dawn”

In the sentence "The senatorial commission appointed my aunt an ambassador," the word "ambassador" functions as an object complement that is a(n) __________.

noun

In the sentence "Xian has not proven the theory true," the object complement is the word __________.

true

A subject complement follows a subject and a __________ verb to identify or describe the subject.

linking

The two kinds of subject complements are predicate nominatives and __________.

predicate adjectives

A predicate nominative is a noun or __________ that follows a linking verb and gives more information about the subject.

pronoun

A predicate adjective is an __________ that follows a linking verb and gives more information about the subject.

adjective

In the sentence "My cousin Tom is a professor of philosophy at Bracton College," the predicate nominative is __________.

professor

In the sentence "The Ambersons remain satisfied with our work on their house and garage," the predicate adjective is __________.

satisfied

In the sentence "Napoleon was a general first and foremost," the word "general" functions as a(n) __________.

predicate nominative

In the sentence "The harvest moon appeared large and bright in the night sky," "large" and "bright" function as __________.

predicate adjectives

In the sentence "This dish you made, Lisa, tastes salty," the word "salty" is a(n) __________.

predicate adjective

In the sentence "After many different jobs, Uncle Todd remains a factory foreman," the predicate nominative is __________.

foreman

In the review sentence "Our class voted Robert president," the word "president" functions as a(n) __________.

object complement

A prepositional phrase begins with a preposition and usually ends with a noun or pronoun called the __________ of the preposition.

object

In the sentence "He put the note into his pocket," the noun "pocket" is the __________ of the preposition "into."

object

When a prepositional phrase is used as an adjective, it modifies a noun or a(n) __________.

pronoun

When a prepositional phrase is used as an adverb, it modifies an adjective, a verb, or another __________.

adverb

In the sentence "She parks her new car in the garage," the adverb phrase "in the garage" modifies the verb __________.

parks

In the sentence "The job is easy for you," the prepositional phrase "for you" modifies the adjective __________.

easy

In the sentence "She reads well for her age," the prepositional phrase "for her age" modifies the adverb __________.

well

In the cumulative review sentence "Our team made the winning play in the last minute of the championship game," the simple subject "team" is classified as a(n) __________ noun.

collective