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Cities In Spain Nouns as Subject, Object of a Verb, Object of a Preposition
Lalo is a student. Lalo lives in Seville.
Seville is a city. The bridge is in the park.
Carmen is a teacher. Carmen lives in Valencia.
Valencia is a city. Valencia is a city in Spain.
A noun is a person, place, or thing. Lalo is a student. Lalo = person Lalo = noun student = person student = noun Seville is a city. Seville = place Seville = noun The bridge is in the park. bridge = thing bridge = noun park = place park = noun
A noun can be the subject of a sentence. Carmen is a teacher. Carmen = subject A noun can be the object of a verb. Valencia is a city. city = object of verb A noun can be the object of a preposition. Valencia is a city in Spain. Spain = object of preposition Some common prepositions are: in, on, near.
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Underline the subject in these sentences. 1. Evita is a student. 2. Paula lives in Madrid. 3. Bilbao is a city. 4. San Sebastian is a city. 5. Carlos reads an English book. 6. The book is on the table. Underline the object of the verb in these sentences. 1. Carlos is a student. 2. Carlos studies English. 3. Carlos reads a book. 4. San Sebastian is a city. 5. Spain is a country. 6. Valencia is a city in Spain.
Underline the object of the preposition in these sentences. 1. San Sebastian is near the ocean. 2. Granada is a city in Spain. 3. Seville is in Andalusia. 4. Andalusia is in Spain. 5. Seville is a city in Andalusia. 6. Valencia is near the ocean. 7. The book is on the desk. 8. The book is in the backpack. This free handout is available at http://sites.google.com/site/eslhelpfulhandouts. Written by S. Watson. Photos: 1. Graur Razvan Ionut; 2. Bob Watson; 3. www.FreeDigitalPhots.net; 4. Bob Watson