Subject and Predicate

Sentences

Subject and Predicates

Define a sentence...

Define a sentence...

A sentence is a group of words that express a complete thought.

Strictly Speaking - What does a sentence require?

• Have a subject (noun or pronoun).

• Have a predicate (verb or verb phrase).

• Express a complete thought.

What is a Subject

• The subject of a sentence is the person or thing that DOES THE ACTION.

• In most sentences (that are active voice), the subject appears early in the sentence. 

• The puppy jumped into the car.

• My friend Matt drives a nice car

Multiple Choice

The cow jumped over the moon.
What is the subject of this sentence?

• cow
• moon
• jumped
• over

Multiple Choice

After the festival, Mr. Allred ate two more hot dogs.
What is the subject of the sentence?

• After the festival
• Mr. Allred
• ate two more hot dogs
• hot dogs

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Mrs. Gill and Mrs. Price played chess during recess.

What is the subject of the sentence?

• Mrs. Gill

• Mrs. Gill and Mrs. Price

• Chess

• during recces

What is a Predicate?

• The predicate is: “the rest” of the sentence - the parts that explain what the subject is doing!

• •The verb

  •The object of the sentence (if there is one)

  •Other phrases and clauses (like descriptive info) 

• The puppy jumped into the car.

• My friend Matt drives a nice car.​

Multiple Choice

The princess walked into the factory and slipped.
What is the predicate of the sentence?

• walked into the factory
• the princess
• walked into the factory and slipped
• and slipped

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Mr. Schmitz worked hard in his classroom.

What is the predicate of the sentence?

• in her classroom

• worked hard

• worked hard in his classroom

• Mr. Schmitz

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What is the predicate in this sentence: The kids are running around.

• running

• The kids

• around

• are running around.

Multiple Choice

What is the predicate?

We won fifty dollars at the fair.

• won

• won fifty dollars at the fair

Simple Subject

• The ONE WORD that represents the subject: the person’s name, the subject pronoun, or the “main” noun of the sentence.

  
  

• Ignore any articles (a, an, the), adjectives (describing words), or predicate pieces!

  
  

Multiple Choice

Identify the simple subject in the sentence.

The brown horse appeared at the starting line.

• brown

• horse

• appeared

• line

Multiple Choice

Identify the simple subject in the sentence.

The student arrived late to class because he woke up late.

• student

• arrived

• class

• woke

Multiple Choice

Identify the simple subject in the sentence.

John looked out of the window to check the sky.

• John

• looked

• window

• sky

Simple Predicate

• The MAIN VERB of the sentence... the one or two words that say what the subject is doing!

  
  

• Action verb: jumped, dancing, sing, broke...

  “Being” verbs: is, am, are, was, were, being, been...

  Helping verbs: have, has, had, could, should, would, can, will...

Multiple Choice

What is the simple predicate?

The store will open tomorrow.

• Store

• Tomorrow

• Open

Multiple Choice

What is the simple predicate?

John loves to eat his food.

• John

• Food

• Eat

• His

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What is a subject?

• The thing doing the action

• The thing receiving the action

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What is the simple subject

• The phrase that represents the subject.

• The one word that represents the subject

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A predicate is...

• the main verb

• the main noun

Multiple Choice

What is the simple predicate of the following sentence?

The quick brown fox jumped over the fence.

• quick

• jumped

• fence

• fox

Multiple Choice

What is the simple subject of the following sentence?

The quick brown fox jumped over the fence.

• quick

• jumped

• fence

• fox

Multiple Choice

What is the simple predicate of the following sentence?

Snow fell steadily all day night long.

• steadily

• all

• snow

• fell

Complete Subject or Predicate

• The simple subject (or predicate) AND any other...

  ●articles

  ●adjectives

  ●prepositional phrases

  ●other clauses/phrases

• Easy Trick:

  • The Complete subject is everything up to the main verb of a sentence

  • The Complete Predicate starts with the verb and includes everything until the end of the sentence.

Complete Subject or Predicate

• The Trick

  • Find the VERB

    • Everything before the verb is the complete subject

    • Everything after the verb in the complete predicate

Complete Subject or Predicate

• The officer in the blue coat called his men to attention.

• World War II was a costly war.

• The British Soldiers fired into the crowd.

• The grey clad soldiers used the wall for cover.

• Dressed in all black, Batman uses the night to stalk his prey.

Multiple Choice

Which is the complete subject of the following sentence?
The white blood cells in your blood fight disease.

• The white blood cells
• The white blood cells in your blood
• The white blood
• The white blood cells in your blood fight

Multiple Choice

Which is the complete subject of the following sentence?
Hair on your head grows a half inch each month.

• Hair on your head
• Hair
• grows a half inch
• on your head grows a half inch each month

Multiple Choice

Which is the complete predicate of the following sentence?
A person's normal body temperature is 98.6˚ F.

• temperature is 98.6˚F
• is 98.6˚ F
• normal body temperature is 98.6˚ F
• A person's

Multiple Choice

What is the simple subject of the following sentence?

Snow fell steadily all day night long.

• steadily

• night

• snow

• fell

Multiple Choice

What is the simple predicate of the following sentence?

Sound Cloud rappers are difficult to understand.

• are

• rappers

• understand

• difficult

Multiple Choice

What is the simple subject of the following sentence?

Sound Cloud rappers are difficult to understand.

• Sound Cloud

• rappers

• Sound Cloud rappers

• are

Multiple Choice

What is the COMPLETE PREDICATE in the following sentence? 
Take out the garbage before your mom gets home!

• Take out the garbage before your mom gets home!
• before your mom gets home
• "You"
• out the garbage 

Multiple Choice

What is the SIMPLE SUBJECT of the following sentence?
The amazing, incredible llama won the hearts of everyone when he played the flute at his recital. 

• won 
• The amazing, increible llama
• won the hearts of everyone when he played the flute at his recital
• llama

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