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. . .