Identify the sentence that contains a verb phrase.

Question

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Responses

Plants should be watered on a regular basis.

She watered the plants regularly.
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He kept the plants indoors in the winter.

As a result, the plants remained warm and safe.

Answer 1

She watered the plants regularly.

Answer 2

Identify the direct object.

The baseball pitcher threw his teammate on first base the ball.
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Responses

pitcher

teammate

first base

ball

Answer 3

ball

Answer 4

1) How many U.S. presidents can you name? (2) In the year 2000, U.S. citizens elected the 43rd president. (3) Some presidents were elected more than once. (4) Franklin Roosevelt, for example, was elected to four terms in office. (5) Many citizens would have given him their vote again, because he was so popular.
Question
Use the passage to answer the question.
In sentence 1, the underlined word is ______.
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Responses

a subject

a predicate

an indirect object

none of the above

Answer 5

none of the above

Answer 6

1) How many U.S. presidents can (you) name? (2) In the year 2000, U.S. citizens elected the 43rd president. (3) Some presidents were elected more than once. (4) Franklin Roosevelt, for example, was elected to four terms in office. (5) Many citizens would have given him their vote again, because he was so popular.
Question
Use the passage to answer the question.
In sentence 1, the underlined word is ______.
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Responses

a subject

a predicate

an indirect object

none of the above

Answer 7

a subject

Answer 8

why

Answer 9

In sentence 1, the word "you" is the subject because it is the one performing the action of naming the U.S. presidents. The subject is typically the noun or pronoun that performs the action or is described in the sentence.

Answer 10

1) How many U.S. presidents can you name? (2) In the year 2000, U.S. citizens elected the 43rd (president). (3) Some presidents were elected more than once. (4) Franklin Roosevelt, for example, was elected to four terms in office. (5) Many citizens would have given him their vote again, because he was so popular.
Question
Use the passage to answer the question.
In sentence 2, the underlined word is a/an _____.
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Responses

subject

predicate

direct object

indirect object

Answer 11

In sentence 2, the underlined word "president" is a direct object. The direct object is a noun or pronoun that receives the action of the verb in the sentence. In this case, the action of electing is being performed on the "president."

Answer 12

1) How many U.S. presidents can you name? (2) In the year 2000, U.S. citizens elected the 43rd president. (3) Some presidents were elected more than once. (4) Franklin Roosevelt, for example, was elected to four terms (in office). (5) Many citizens would have given him their vote again, because he was so popular.
Question
Use the passage to answer the question.
In sentence 4, the underlined word is ______.
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Responses

a predicate

a direct object

an indirect object

a prepositional phrase

Answer 13

In sentence 4, the underlined word "in office" is a prepositional phrase. A prepositional phrase consists of a preposition (in this case, "in") and its object ("office"). It usually provides additional information and acts as an adverb or adjective in the sentence.

Answer 14

1) How many U.S. presidents can you name? (2) In the year 2000, U.S. citizens elected the 43rd president. (3) Some presidents were elected more than once. (4) Franklin Roosevelt, for example, was elected to four terms in office. (5) Many citizens would have given him their vote again, because he was so popular.
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Use the passage to answer the question.
What is a verb phrase in sentence 5?
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Responses

would have given

given him

was so

would have

Answer 15

The verb phrase in sentence 5 is "would have given." It is composed of the modal verb "would have" and the main verb "given."