Parts of Speech: Early American Civilizations Theme

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What is a predicate?

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The part of a sentence that tells what the subject does or is. It includes the verb and any objects or modifiers.

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Identify the verb in a sentence.

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The action word that describes what the subject is doing.

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What is a noun?

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A word that names a person, place, thing, or idea.

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What is a preposition?

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A word that shows the relationship between a noun (or pronoun) and other words in a sentence.

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What is a subject in a sentence?

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The part of the sentence that tells who or what the sentence is about.

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What is a simple subject?

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The main noun or pronoun that tells who or what the sentence is about, without any modifiers.

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What is a simple predicate?

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The main verb or verb phrase that tells what the subject does, without any modifiers.

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What is the difference between a subject and a predicate?

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The subject tells who or what the sentence is about, while the predicate tells what the subject does.

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What is an example of a compound subject?

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A subject that consists of two or more nouns or pronouns joined by a conjunction, e.g., 'Tom and Jerry'.

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What is an example of a compound predicate?

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A predicate that consists of two or more verbs or verb phrases joined by a conjunction, e.g., 'ran and jumped'.