Learn about grammar.

1. Grammar
Rules!
Tilford

2. Subject
What the sentence is about. The subject
of a sentence is the person, place, thing,
or idea that is doing or being something.
You can find the subject of a sentence if
you can find the verb. Ask the question,
"Who or what 'verbs' or 'verbed'?" and the
answer to that question is the subject

3. Example:
 Sally is going to be a ballerina for
Halloween.
Note the key words: “be” and “ballerina” .
She is going to be something, therefore Sally
is the subject.

4. Now you try. What is the
SUBJECT in this sentence?
 Mary wants to be a pro golfer when she
grows up.
 Alex is playing ball outside.
 The subject we are learning is math.

5. What is a pronoun and a
common noun?
 Common noun- there, here, he, she, it.
 Pronoun- a specific place or name.

6. Subjective pronouns
 The personal pronouns I, you, we, he, she, it, we,
and they are known as subjective pronouns
because they act as the subjects of verbs:
 She saw Catherine.
 We drove Nick home.
 I waved at her.
-oxford dictionary

7. Objective pronouns
 The personal pronouns me, you, us, him, her,
it, and them are called objective pronouns
because they act as the objects of verbs and
prepositions:
 Catherine saw her.
 Nick drove us home.
 She waved at me.
-oxford dictionary

8. Direct object
The direct object of a
verb is the thing being
acted upon (i.e., the
receiver of the action). –
grammar-monster.com

9. Direct object – grammar-monster.com

10. Examples of direct object
 Play the guitar.
 Every actor played his part.
 The crowd will cheer the President.
We can climb the hill and fly the kite.

11. Can you find the direct
object?
We went to the car.
 The store is a very nice building.
 Amber went to the office.

12. “I” and “Me”
 You use I when the pronoun is the subject
of a verb. Example:
 He went to bed.
 Clare and I are getting a book.
 Use ME when the pronoun is the object of
a verb. Example:
 The dog fallowed John and me to the store.

13. You tell me if these sentences
are right.
 Jenny and Me watched the game.
 My little sister fallowed my brother and me
to the yard.
 Rose spent the day with me.
 Jane and I are friends.

14. For extra info go to:
 http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/us/wo
rds/grammar