Sentence Parts (ELA 7)

Sentence Parts: Complete and Simple Subjects and Predicates

by Nedra Holmes-Goodloe

​Sentences

• ​A sentence is a group of words that express a complete thought

• ​Every sentence begins with at capital letter and ends with a punctuation mark.

Multiple Select

Which of the following is/are a sentence? 

• Tall trees provide shade.

• Groves and birches.

• Under the shelter of trees.

• Many plants grow in the forest.

Multiple Choice

Oak is a valuable hardwood.

• sentence

• not a sentence

Multiple Choice

Among the trees.

• sentence

• not a sentence

Multiple Choice

Hardwood makes furniture sturdy.

• sentence

• not a sentence

​Sentences

​Every sentence has two parts: a subject and a predicate.

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​Ex: Many forests are endangered.

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• ​The subject part of a sentence names whom or what the sentences is about. It usually ends before the predicate begins.

• ​The predicate part of a sentence tells what the subject does or has. It can also describe what the subject is or is like. It usually begins after the subject.

​Subjects and Predicates

​​The subject part of a sentence names whom or what the sentences is about.

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• All people / change their environment.

  • (This sentence is about whom? all people)

• Acres of forest land / support many kinds of wildlife.

  • (This sentence is about what? acres of forest land)

​Subjects and Predicates

• ​The predicate part of a sentence tells what the subject does or has. It can also describe what the subject is or is like. It usually begins after the subject.

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• All people / change their environment.

  • (What do people do? change their environment)

• Acres of forest land / support many kinds of wildlife.

  • (What do acres of forest land do? support many kind of wildlife)

Multiple Choice

Correctly identify where the subject ends and the predicate begins.

A hummingbird fluttered around the red flowers in the backyard.

• A hummingbird / fluttered around the red flowers in the backyard.

• A hummingbird fluttered / around the red flowers in the backyard.

• A hummingbird fluttered around / the red flowers in the backyard.

• A hummingbird fluttered around the red flowers / in the backyard.

Multiple Choice

Correctly identify where the subject ends and the predicate begins.

A winding path led to hidden treasure in the forest.

• A / winding path led to hidden treasure in the forest.

• A winding path / led to hidden treasure in the forest.

• A winding path led / to hidden treasure in the forest.

• A winding path led to hidden treasure / in the forest.

Multiple Choice

Correctly identify where the subject ends and the predicate begins.

The bride walked slowly and majestically down the aisle.

• The / bride walked slowly and majestically down the aisle.

• The bride / walked slowly and majestically down the aisle.

• The bride walked / slowly and majestically down the aisle.

• The bride walked slowly and majestically / down the aisle.

Multiple Choice

Correctly identify where the subject ends and the predicate begins.

My grandmother has taught me a few basic quilt patterns.

• My / grandmother has taught me a few basic quilt patterns.

• My grandmother / has taught me a few basic quilt patterns.

• My grandmother has taught me / a few basic quilt patterns.

• My grandmother has taught me a few basic / quilt patterns.

Complete Subjects

• The complete subject includes all the words in the subject of a sentence.

​Ex:

• Acres of forest land / support many kinds of wildlife.

  • ​Acres of forest land is the complete subject. It answers the question (What supports many kinds of wildlife).

Multiple Choice

"Each level of a forest has its own layer of life." What is the complete subject?

• Each level

• Each level of a forest has

• Each level of a forest

• Each

​Types of Subjects

The complete subject includes all the words in the subject of a sentence.

• ​The simple subject is the noun (person, place, thing, or idea) or pronoun (a word that replaces a noun) that we are talking about in the sentence.

​Ex:

1. Acres of forest land / support many kinds of wildlife.

Simple Subjects

​The simple subject is the noun (person, place, thing, or idea) or pronoun (a word that replaces a noun) that we are talking about in the sentence.

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​Ex:

• Acres of forest land / support many kinds of wildlife.

  • ​Acres is the main noun that the sentence is about.

Multiple Choice

"A hummingbird fluttered around the red flowers in the backyard." What is the simple subject?

• A hummingbird 

• around the red flowers in the backyard.

• hummingbird

• flowers

Complete Predicates

​The complete predicate includes all the words in the predicate of a sentence.

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​Ex:

• Tom / has been feeling much better since his visit to the doctor.

  • Has been feeling much better since his visit to the doctor is the complete predicate.

Multiple Choice

"Forests of evergreens cover parts of Asia." What is the complete predicate?

• Forests of evergreens

• cover parts of Asia

• evergreens cover

• cover

Simple Predicates

The simple predicate is the verb or verb phrase that expresses the essential thought of the subject.

Ex:

• All people / change their environment.

  • ​Change is the simple predicate because it is the action verb that tells us what the subject does.

• Tom / has been feeling much better since his visit to the doctor.

  • ​Has been feeling is the simple predicate because it is the verb phase that expresses the thought of the subject (Tom).

Multiple Choice

" Mr. Cline shuffled the papers on his desk." What is the simple predicate?

• shuffled

• Mr. Cline shuffled

• shuffled the papers on his desk.

• Mr. Cline

Multiple Choice

"The store sells everything from anise cookies to zinnia seeds." What is the simple predicate?

• The store

• sells

• sells everything from anise cookies to zinnia seeds

• store

Multiple Choice

"My grandmother has taught me a few basic quilt patterns." What is the simple predicate?

• has taught me a few basic quilt patterns

• has

• taught

• has taught

Multiple Choice

"The store sells everything from anise cookies to zinnia seeds." What is the simple subject?

• The store

• sells

• sells everything from anise cookies to zinnia seeds

• store

Multiple Choice

"The gale strength winds uprooted the old oak." What is the simple subject?

• winds

• The gale strength winds

• uprooted the old oak

• uprooted

Multiple Choice

"The gale strength winds uprooted the old oak." What is the complete subject?

• winds

• The gale strength winds

• uprooted the old oak

• uprooted

Multiple Choice

"Bob's graduation pictures look great." What is the complete subject?

• Bob's

• Bob's graduation pictures

• pictures

• look great.

Multiple Choice

"The early morning sky dripped with dew." What is the complete predicate?

• The early morning

• sky

• dripped with dew

• dripped

Multiple Choice

"The early morning sky dripped with dew." What is the simple subject?

• The early morning

• sky

• dripped with dew

• dripped

Multiple Choice

"Good news is always welcome." What is the simple subject?

• Good news

• news

• is always welcome.

• is

Multiple Choice

"Good news is always welcome." What is the simple predicate?

• Good news

• news

• is always welcome.

• is

Multiple Choice

"Hot embers glowed in the bottom of an old garbage barrel." What is the complete predicate?

• Hot embers

• embers

• glowed

• glowed in the bottom of an old garbage barrel

Multiple Choice

"Hot embers glowed in the bottom of an old garbage barrel." What is the complete subject?

• Hot embers

• embers

• glowed

• glowed in the bottom of an old garbage barrel

Multiple Choice

"Hot embers glowed in the bottom of an old garbage barrel." What is the simple subject?

• Hot embers

• embers

• glowed

• glowed in the bottom of an old garbage barrel

Multiple Choice

"Hot embers glowed in the bottom of an old garbage barrel." What is the simple predicate?

• Hot embers

• embers

• glowed

• glowed in the bottom of an old garbage barrel