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Name every part of the sentence

You learn to name every part of a sentence: subject, verb, object and adverbial.

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How to do the test

  1. Find the verb first.
  2. Ask who or what does it: that is the subject.
  3. Ask who or what receives it: that is the object.
  4. The rest tells you when, where or how.

A worked example

Name every part of the sentence. The farmer fed the hens at dawn.

  1. Find the verb first: fed.
  2. Ask who or what fed: the farmer is the subject.
  3. Ask who or what the farmer fed: the hens is the object.
  4. The rest tells you when, where or how: at dawn.
  5. The farmer = subject, fed = verb, the hens = object, at dawn = adverbial.
More examples

Name every part of the sentence. Mia kicked the ball over the wall.

  1. Find the verb first: kicked.
  2. Ask who or what kicked: Mia is the subject.
  3. Ask who or what Mia kicked: the ball is the object.
  4. The rest tells you when, where or how: over the wall.
  5. Mia = subject, kicked = verb, the ball = object, over the wall = adverbial.

Name every part of the sentence. She has finished her homework.

  1. Find the verb first: has finished.
  2. Ask who or what has finished: she is the subject.
  3. Ask who or what she has finished: her homework is the object.
  4. She = subject, has finished = verb, her homework = object.

Try it yourself

This is best practised in the real exercise, where you click, drag or tap yourself.

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Watch out

  • You call the first group of words the subject, even when an adverbial comes first.

    Find the verb, then ask who or what does it. A fronted adverbial like Yesterday, is not the subject.

Tips

  • Name the verb first. The rest of the sentence is easier to name from there.

Why it works

Naming the parts shows how a sentence is built. Find the verb first. The subject does it, the object receives it, and the adverbials tell you when, where or how.