Subject and Predicate

Subject and Predicate

& Complete Sentences

A sentence is made up of 2 parts:

Subject and Predicate.

If there is no subject or no predicate, the sentence is not complete!

If the subject or predicate is missing, it is called a fragment.

Multiple Choice

What are the 2 parts of a sentence that make it complete?

• subject and predicate

• sentence and predicate

• subject and fragment

• fragment and predicate

Multiple Choice

What is it called when a sentence is missing a subject or predicate.

• Broken

• Fragment

• Sentence

The subject:

Tells who or what the sentence is about

Subject: who or what the sentence is about

• The subject could be a person, a thing, or an animal.

• The subject is usually in the beginning of a sentence.

• Example: My beautiful mom is cooking.

• Example: The nurse checked my temperature.

• Example: The table is brown.

• Example: The hotel was expensive.

• Example: The little kitten is playing.

Multiple Choice

Jenny and I baked cookies.

What is the subject?

• Jenny and I

• baked cookies

Multiple Choice

The brown dog barked loudly.

What is the subject?

• The brown dog

• barked loudly

Multiple Choice

The beach was beautiful.

What is the subject?

• The beach

• was beautiful

The predicate:

Tells more about the subject

Predicate: tells more details about the subject

• The predicate can tell what the subject is doing.

• The predicate can tell where the subject is at.

• The predicate can describe what the subject looks like.

• Example: The kitten is playing.

• Example: The kitten was under the sofa.

• Example: The kitten had orange fur.

• Example: The kitten looks very tired,

Multiple Choice

The ant crawled under the shoe.

What is the predicate?

• The ant

• crawled under the shoe

Multiple Choice

The gray dog had a red collar.

What is the predicate?

• The gray dog

• had a red collar

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The last cookie is inside the fridge.

What is the predicate?

• The last cookie

• is inside the fridge