Complete Sentences

Una oración completa debe tener un sujeto y un predicado y expresar un pensamiento completo.

​El sujeto es la parte de la oración que trata sobre una persona, lugar, cosa o idea, y suele incluir el sustantivo o pronombre principal. El predicado es el resto de la oración que contiene el verbo y describe lo que hace o es el sujeto. Por ejemplo, en "El perro ladró fuerte", "El perro" es el sujeto y "ladró fuerte" es el predicado.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following best describes a complete sentence?

• A sentence with only a verb

• A sentence with only a noun

• A sentence with a subject and a predicate that expresses a complete idea

• A sentence with more than five words

Multiple Choice

Which of these is a complete sentence?

• the bat
• the black bat
• The black bat flew.
• flew

Multiple Choice

Which sentence is a complete sentence?

• kara likes to dance

• Kara likes to dance

• kara likes to dance.

• Kara likes to dance.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following best describes the predicate in the sentence 'Water splashes'?

• The action performed by the subject

• The main noun in the sentence

• A word that describes the subject

• The object of the sentence

Multiple Select

EVERY sentence MUST have two of these... which ones?

• Subject

• Object

• Verb

• Adjective

​Las oraciones más completas incluyen otras palabras para describir el sujeto y el predicado con más detalle.

​Cuando el predicado está en forma de mandato (imperativo), el sujeto "tú" puede estar implícito pero no escrito.

Multiple Choice

In the imperative sentence 'Do your homework!', what is the implied subject?

• You

• Homework

• Do

• Teacher

Multiple Choice

Identify the subject of this sentence.

Put the letter in its envelope.

• implied or understood (you)

• letter

• its

• envelope

Multiple Choice

Identify the subject of the sentence.

Volcanoes have magma chambers inside them.

• Volcanoes

• Magma

• Chambers

• Them

Multiple Choice

Identify the subject of the sentence.

Get a glass jar with a lid.

• Get

• Glass

• Jar

• Lid

• Implied or understood (you)

Multiple Choice

Identify the subject of the sentence:

Bubbles of gas form in the magma.

• Bubbles

• Gas

• Magma

• The implied or understood (you)

• Form

​Un sustantivo es una palabra que designa a una persona, un lugar, una cosa o una idea.

​Los sustantivos comunes nombran personas, lugares, cosas e ideas en general.
Los nombres propios nombran personas, lugares, cosas e ideas específicas.

Multiple Select

Which of the following are examples of proper nouns?

• Mr. Sanders

• teacher

• Lincoln Middle School

• pencil

​El sujeto simple de una oración es quién o qué realiza la(s) acción(es) principal(es), o de quién o de qué trata la oración. Es el sustantivo principal.

​El sujeto simple suele ser una sola palabra, un sustantivo. Es la palabra que responde a la pregunta: "¿Quién o qué realiza la acción?".

Multiple Choice

What is the simple subject in the sentence: 'During class, Ben sneezed loudly'?

• Ben

• class

• sneezed

• loudly

​Puede haber más de un sustantivo en la oración, pero el sujeto simple es el sustantivo que responde a la pregunta "¿quién o qué realiza la acción principal?"

​Puede haber más de un verbo en una oración. El sujeto simple realiza la acción principal de la oración.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following best describes a simple subject in a sentence?

• The word that performs the main action of the sentence.

• The verb that shows the action in the sentence.

• A noun that receives the action in the sentence.

• A phrase that modifies the verb.

Un gerundio es un verbo que funciona como sustantivo. Tiene una base verbal más "-ing".

Multiple Select

Which of the following statements about gerunds are correct?

• A gerund acts as a noun.

• A gerund always functions as the main verb.

• A gerund can be the subject of a sentence.

• A gerund is formed by adding -ing to a verb.

​Un verbo se forma a partir de un verbo y puede usarse como sustantivo. Un verbo puede ser el sujeto de la oración.

Multiple Choice

What is the subject in the sentence 'Juggling requires practice'?

• Juggling

• Practice

• Requires

• None of the above

​Una oración puede tener más de un sujeto. Cuando la acción principal de una oración la realizan más de un sujeto, la oración tiene sujetos "compuestos".

​Recuerda que un gerundio es un sustantivo. El gerundio solo es el sujeto de la oración cuando es el sustantivo el que indica quién o qué realiza la(s) acción(es) principal(es).

Open Ended

How can you determine whether a gerund is the subject of a sentence? Use examples to support your answer.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following sentences contain a verb that helps another verb?

• She was reading out loud.

• She shared her response with the class.

• She was nervous.

• The striped shirt and the spotted pants work well together.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following best describes the subject in the sentence: 'The striped shirt and the spotted pants work well together'?

• The striped shirt and the spotted pants

• work well together

• The striped shirt

• The spotted pants

​Un verbo es una palabra que expresa una acción o un estado del ser.

Open Ended

Explain the difference between a verb that shows action and a verb that shows a state of being, using examples from the images.

​Un verbo es una palabra que expresa una acción o un estado del ser.

​El predicado simple es el verbo principal. Indica la acción que realiza el sujeto.

Multiple Choice

What is the simple predicate in the sentence: 'Courtney flipped off the trampoline'?

• flipped

• Courtney

• off the trampoline

• flipped off the trampoline

Multiple Choice

What is the simple predicate of this sentence? James and his friend George played catch with the football.

• James
• James and his friend George
• played
• played catch with the football

Multiple Choice

What is the simple predicate of this sentence? My father told me to turn off the lights.

• father
• my father
• told
• told me to turn off the lights

​El verbo principal puede estar en forma verbal con más de una palabra (was laughing, had laughed). Para encontrar el predicado simple en la oración, encuentra qué verbo(s) indica la acción o estado principal del sujeto.

Open Ended

How can you identify the main verb (simple predicate) in a sentence with more than one verb, based on the examples provided?

​El predicado simple incluye el verbo(s) principal(es) y todos sus verbos auxiliares.

​El predicado simple incluye el verbo(s) principal(es) y todos sus verbos auxiliares. Los verbos auxiliares no siempre están al lado del verbo(s) principal(es).

Multiple Choice

Which of the following best describes a simple predicate?

• The main verb and its auxiliary verbs in a sentence

• The subject of the sentence

• A sentence with more than one predicate

• A sentence fragment

​Una oración puede tener más de un predicado. Cuando el sujeto realiza más de una acción, la oración tiene predicados "compuestos".

Multiple Choice

Does the following sentence have a compound subject, compound predicate, or both?

Todd and Dad went to a basketball game.

• compound subject

• compound predicate

• both

Multiple Choice

The firefighter climbed the ladder and rescued the baby.

• compound subject

• compound predicate

Multiple Choice

The theatres and restaurants are closed.

• compound subject

• compound predicate

Multiple Choice

Does the following sentence have a compound subject, compound predicate, or both?

A shark smiles and waves to the beach goers.

• compound subject

• compound predicate

• both

​Un fragmento de oración es una oración incompleta porque no incluye un sujeto y/o un predicado o no expresa una idea completa.

Multiple Select

Select all the sentences that are complete sentences.

• Riding the school bus makes me feel sick.

• The tired kid tried to sleep a little more.

• Riding the school bus.

• Tried to sleep a little more.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following sentences contains a compound predicate?

• Jose ate dinner and then watched a movie.

• The tired kid tried to sleep a little more.

• Nate and Amir were singing during the bus ride.

• The hikers watched the sun rise over the mountain.

Open Ended

How would you explain the difference between a subject and a predicate in your own words?

Multiple Choice

What are the two essential parts of a complete sentence?

• A subject and a predicate

• A verb and an adjective

• A noun and an adverb

• A preposition and a conjunction