Sentence Parts Dialogue Page
Larry: I understand that sentence parts are best served with a good barbeque sauce.
VK: Boo!
Larry: Well, you said, get playful.
VK: Yeah, yeah. And you always do what I say.
Larry: Enough of this, speak to me of sentence parts.
VK: I will. In fact, I already did elsewhere in the program.
Larry: I remember that sentences have subjects. I don't remember any more.
VK: Ever get busted for an incomplete sentence?
Larry: Yup. Teachers love to put big, red circles around them. You'd think I sold out my country or something.
VK: People who make the mistake of incomplete sentences usually do so because they don't understand how sentences are built.
Larry: What else beside the subject?
VK: English sentences have this basic structure, see.
Larry: Are you going to tell me or do I break your red pencil?
VK: I'll tell! You already know about the subject.
Larry: What the sentence is about!
VK: Yeah! Next is the verb which tells us what the subject is doing.
Larry: Mmmmmmm....
VK: And lots of times there will be thing that gets the action of the verb. That's called the direct object.
Larry: Oh, yeah. I remember. Subject. Verb. Direct Object.
VK: There's lots of variations of course, but that's the most basic form.
Larry: And the reason I care...?
VK: You don't want big red circles around your sentence fragments.
Larry: Oh, yeah. . .
