Sentence and its Parts & Order of Sentences

Read the selection below and answer the questions in grammatically correct and meaningful sentences.

The Dog and the Shadow

It happened that a Dog had gotten a piece of meat and carried it home in his
mouth to eat it in peace. Now on his way home he had to cross a plank lying across a
running brook. As he crossed, he looked down and saw his own shadow reflected in the
water beneath. Thinking it was another dog with another piece of meat, he made up his
mind to have that also. So he dropped into the water and was never seen anymore.

1. According to the text, why did the dog have to bring home his meat and not just simply eat it on his way home?
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2. What was the message of the selection?
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Order of the sentences

Determine the order of the following sentences. Write N if the sentence is in natural order and T if it is in its transposed
order. Write your answer on the space provided.

______1. Seated under the table is the poor dog.

______2. Here is a simple yet factual lesson about life.
______3. The dog’s meal is there underneath the waters.

Rewrite each in natural or transposed order.

1. Is experience really the best teacher?
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2. The dog was left with nothing in the end.
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3. Trying to make things right this time is the dog.
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Answer Key: T T N
Answer key: Experience is really the best teacher. In the end was the dog left with nothing.
The dog is trying to make things right this time.
Part of a Sentence
Encircle the simple subject and underline the simple predicate in each of the following sentence.

1. Regrets always come last.

2. Greed leads man to destruction.
3. Learn to appreciate God’s blessing.
4. Life challenges make us better persons.
5. Are you contented with the things you have?

Encircle the complete subject and underline the complete predicate in each of the following sentences.

1. Everyone in the crowd is contented.

2. The poor creature was regretful about his actions.
3. It is better to learn from other people’s experiences
4. Oftentimes, elders tell us to learn from our experiences.
5. After all a teachable person is the one who succeeds later on in life.

Write S on the line if the group of words is a sentence and F if it is a fragment.

_____1. Listen!
_____2. Since he became greedy.
_____3. But he did not listen to the instructions.
_____4. And so he went on living a life without direction.
_____5. If you don’t listen to God’s instruction, you will have a hard time in your life.
_____6. Because I offer all the things I am doing to the Lord, I know He is pleased with my actions.

Answer key: Regrets/come greed/leads God’s blessing/learn life’s/make you/are contented

Answer key: Subject: Everyone in the crowd The poor creature It Oftentimes elders
After all a teachable person
Answer key: S F F F S S