Simple Subjects & Simple Predicates

Simple Subjects & Simple Predicates

Four, lovely girls ate pancakes for breakfast.

The complete subject is: Four, lovely girls

The simple subject is: girls

Every child in the class received an A on the reading test!

Complete subject: Every child in the class

Simple subject: child

Multiple Choice

What is the simple subject?

Mary's adorable dog needs a bath!

• Mary

• Mary's adorable dog

• dog

• needs

Multiple Choice

What is the verb?

Mary's adorable dog needs a bath!

• Mary

• Mary's adorable dog

• dog

• needs

Multiple Choice

What is the simple subject?

Sara's new pencil will not sharpen!

• Sara

• new

• sharpen

• pencil

The simple predicate is the verb...

Four, lovely girls ate pancakes for breakfast.

Complete predicate: ate pancakes for breakfast

Simple predicate: ate

(ate is the past tense of eat

eat and ate are verbs)

Could you SEE someone eating...... YES! It is action.

Every child in the class received an A on the reading test!

Complete predicate: received an A on the reading test.

Simple predicate: received

Cassidy wants a snake as a pet!

Cassidy is the subject.

wants a snake as a pet! is the predicate

Multiple Choice

Cassidy wants a snake as a pet!

What is the simple predicate?

• Cassidy

• wants

• wants a snake

• pet!

Multiple Choice

Men, women, and children left their country to come to America.

What is the complete predicate?

• Men, women, and children

• left their country

• America

• left their country to come to America.

Multiple Choice

Men, women, and children left their country to come to America.

What is the simple predicate?

• Men, women, and children

• left

• left their country

• left their country to come to America.

Multiple Choice

Which 3 words are VERBS?

• ham, cheese, pepperoni

• girl, school, teacher

• eat, skip, run

• soccer, baseball, pencil

Multiple Choice

Which 3 words are VERBS?

• is, am, are

• pink, blue, white

• taco, pizza, love

• skip, desk, dog

Multiple Choice

Which 3 words are verbs?

• computer, screen, type

• tall, short, smart

• prairie, riverbed, offend

• look, teach, buy