Question

label the subject and the verb of each of each clause. Then write whether the sentence is simple or complex.

1)Every afternoon the baseball team practices.
subject: the baseball team
verb: practices
simple sentence


2)When practice is over, the players are tired.
subject:practice, the players
verb:is, are tired
complex sentence

3) If they don't warm up well, injuries are likely.
subject : they,injuries
verb:don't, are
complex sentence

4)Baseball is not usually played in the rain.
subject:baseball
verb:is,played
simple sentence
english/check please - Writeacher, Monday, April 30, 2012 at 8:07pm
subject = one word

Please re-vise some of these.

english/check please - joe, Monday, April 30, 2012 at 8:23pm
Subjects:
1-team
2-players
3-they
5-baseball
did I miss anything ?how about the verbs and sentence (simple, complex ) ?

english/Writeacher - joe, Monday, April 30, 2012 at 8:47pm
Subjects:
1-team
2-players
3-they
4-baseball
did I miss anything ?how about the verbs and sentence as (simple, complex )right ?

Answer 1

The only other thing I see is in #4.

"is played" is the whole verb -- there shouldn't be a comma between the two words.

Everything else is fine.

Answer 2

1)Every afternoon the baseball team practices.
subject: team <b><~~only the one word</b>
verb: practices <b>OK</b>
simple sentence <b>OK</b>


2)When practice is over, the players are tired.
subject:practice, players <b><~~don't include "the"</b>
verb:is, are tired <b>OK</b>
complex sentence <b>OK</b>

3) If they don't warm up well, injuries are likely.
subject : they,injuries <b>OK</b>
verb:don't, are <b>OK</b>
complex sentence <b>OK</b>

4)Baseball is not usually played in the rain.
subject:baseball <b>OK</b>
verb:is played <b><~~not two separate verbs</b>
simple sentence <b>OK</b>

Answer 3

Independent and dependent clause