Subject predicate When? Where? Why? How?
This sentence demonstrates how conjunctions such as and, but, and or are marked.
The parts of this sentence, when you mouse over them, change their appearance dramatically to show how each part functions.
When you mouse over them, the parts of this sentence change their appearance dramatically to show how each part functions.
To show how each part functions, the parts of this sentence change their appearance dramatically when you mouse over them.
To show how each part functions, the parts of this sentence, when you mouse over them, change their appearance dramatically.
Subject
predicate
When?
Where?
Why?
How?
This sentence demonstrates how conjunctions such as and, but, and or are marked.
Opal and the preacher moved to Naomi, Florida, that summer.
Did you notice that the sentence has two subjects? It's called a "compound subject" sentence.
Here's another arrangement of the sentence:
The preacher and Opal moved to Naomi, Florida, that summer.
Did you see that the only difference was the order of the two subjects?
Here is another arrangement of the sentence:
That summer the preacher and Opal moved to Naomi, Florida.
That summer they moved to Naomi, Florida, so he could be the new preacher at the Open Arms Baptist Church.
They moved that summer to Naomi, Florida, so he could be the new preacher at the Open Arms Baptist Church.
Here are two more arrangements:
So he could be the new preacher at the Open Arms Baptist Church, they moved that summer to Naomi, Florida.
So he could be the new preacher at the Open Arms Baptist Church, they moved to Naomi, Florida, that summer.
Subject
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When?
Where?
Why?
How?
This sentence demonstrates how conjunctions such as and, but, and or are marked.
Before Opal was born, her father was a missionary in India.
Her father was a missionary in India before Opal was born.
After they left the store, Winn-Dixie was limping on the way home.
Winn-Dixie was limping on the way home after they left the store.
On the way home, after they left the store, Winn-Dixie was limping.
Winn-Dixie limped up the stairs and into the trailer with a smile on his face.
Winn-Dixie limped, with a smile on his face, up the stairs and into the trailer.
Up the stairs and into the trailer Winn-Dixie limped, with a smile on his face.
With a smile on his face, Winn-Dixie limped up the stairs and into the trailer.