Grammar: Lesson 2.13

Grammar: Lesson 2.13

Simple Subjects and Simple Predicates: Page 75​

Multiple Select

Every sentence must have a [blank] and a [blank]. (Select both correct responses)

• Subject

• Preposition

• Introduction

• Predicate

Every sentence has a subject and a predicate.

A simple predicate is the verb or verb phrase that tells something about the subject.

Simple Predicate

A simple subject is the main noun or pronoun that tells what the sentence is about.

Simple Subject

Simple Subjects and Simple Predicates

Clocks tick.

(Clocks is the simple subject; tick is the simple predicate.)

When identifying simply subjects/predicates, we're only looking for the verb or verb phrase, not the entire rest of the sentence.

Andrea read from the book Of Mice and Men.​

Andrea = SS

read = SP​

Draw

Draw one line under each simple subject and two lines under each simple predicate.

Draw

Draw one line under each simple subject and two lines under each simple predicate.

Homework: Page 76 #25-45. ​

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