Who Does What?

Finding the subject and the object of any sentence

Lesson 16
Spicy

Name

Date

Chef Polpetta

The verb never lies. Find it, question it, and label only what answers. The rest is neither.

Tick the right one

averb In “On Monday, Mia baked the bread”, the subject is On Monday.In “On Monday, Mia baked the bread”, the subject is Mia.

bverb In “The tired old chef dropped a tray”, the subject is dropped.In “The tired old chef dropped a tray”, the subject is The tired old chef.

cverb In “Nonna keeps the recipe secret”, the object is the recipe.In “Nonna keeps the recipe secret”, the object is secret.

dverb In “The box of eggs fell off the shelf”, the subject is The box of eggs.In “The box of eggs fell off the shelf”, the subject is eggs.

Find the 6 mistakes

Polpetta labelled his homework, feeling unstoppable. Nonna (subject) wrote the recipe (object). Mia (object) carried the tray (subject). The chef (subject) burned the toast (subject). Every Friday (subject), the bakers (object) make focaccia (object). My grandmother in Rome (object) sends us olive oil (object). A very hungry customer (subject) ordered three puddings (object).

Six brackets lie. One label that looks far too long to be a subject is telling the truth.

Write the corrections here

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Now you write

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a A sentence with a fronted time opener and a four-word subject, both labelled:

b Two sentences sharing the same three words as subject, then as object:

c A sentence where the object is at least four words long, both parts labelled:

Help Polpetta

Chef Polpetta

I relabelled it, On Monday, Mia baked the bread. Subject: On Monday AND Mia. Two subjects, twice as grammatical, no?

Tell him how many subjects one verb takes here, and prove it with the verb question.

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