- Grammatical Building Blocks Skill Explainer
Quick Look: Unpacking a Sentence with Function Questions
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Together: "Butterflies shed scales on their wings regularly."
Ashlea Edwards: So our first question is going to be who or what is this sentence about?
Students: Butterflies.
Ashlea Edwards: Butterflies. Very good. And what are the butterflies doing? The butterflies did what?
Students: Shed scales.
Ashlea Edwards: Shed scales. Very good. Where did they shed those scales?
Students: On their wings.
Ashlea Edwards: On their wings. And then I'm even going to ask another question this time. When did they do this?
Students: Regularly.
Ashlea Edwards: Regularly! And everyone say, "regularly means often."
Students: "Regularly means often."
Ashlea Edwards: Good.
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