Subjects & Predicates

​Subjects & Predicates

By Mary Randell Davatchi

Four Types of Sentences:
- Declarative
- Imperative
- Interrogative
- Exclamatory

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Let's Review

Multiple Choice

Which type of sentence makes a statement or provides a piece of information?

• Imperative

• Exclamatory

• Declarative

• Interrogative

Multiple Choice

A sentence that asks a question and typically ends with a question mark (?) is a(n):

• Declarative sentence

• Imperative sentence

• Exclamatory sentence

• Interrogative sentence

Multiple Choice

Which type of sentence expresses a command, request, or direction?

• Declarative

• Imperative

• Interrogative

• Exclamatory

Multiple Choice

Which type of sentence expresses strong emotion and ends with an exclamation point (!)?

• Declarative

• Imperative

• Interrogative

• Exclamatory

Multiple Choice

How many planets orbit the star Kepler-186?

• Declarative

• Imperative

• Exclamatory

• Interrogative

Multiple Choice

Please close the door quietly on your way out.

• Declarative

• Interrogative

• Exclamatory

• Imperative

Multiple Choice

Which of the following sentences is an example of an exclamatory sentence?

• She is visiting her cousins this weekend.

• Be sure to wear a jacket later tonight!

• Will the train arrive before ten o'clock?

• What an incredible game Clemson played last night!

Categorize

Options (8)

The Earth revolves around the sun.

I plan to study engineering in college.

Do not touch the wet paint!

Remember to check your spelling and grammar.

What time does the library close?

Can you help me with my essay?

This is the best cake I've ever had!

My students are awesome!

Organize these sentences into the correct categories.

Declarative

Imperative

Interrogative

Exclamatory

A sentence consists of two parts: the subject and the predicate.

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Subjects & Predicates

What is the Subject?

The subject tells whom or what the sentence is about. It may come at the beginning, at the end, or even in the middle of the sentence.

The judges watch carefully.
The drivers crossed the desert at night.
Long and difficult was the journey.
Have you read the driver's stories?

What is the predicate?

The predicate tells what the subject is or does or what happened.

The judges watch carefully.
The drivers crossed the desert at night.
Long and difficult was the journey.
Have you read the driver's stories?

What is the complete subject?

The complete subject includes all the words that name and tell about the subject.

Many students read The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet.

What is the complete predicate?

The complete predicate includes a verb and all the words that tell what happened or tell more about the predicate. A complete predicate can include an action verb or tell what the subject of the sentence did. A complete predicate can include a linking verb to tell more about hte subject.

Mary won an award.
Mary is a talented writer.
Mary seems brilliant.

Multiple Choice

In the following sentence, identify the Complete Subject:

The newly renovated library on Elm Street will open its doors to the public next week.

• will open its doors to the public next week

• The newly renovated library on Elm Street

• The newly renovated library

• library on Elm Street

Multiple Choice

Which phrase represents the Complete Predicate in the sentence below?

Several of the dedicated students in the debate club have been practicing their closing arguments since Monday.

• their closing arguments since Monday

• have been practicing

• have been practicing their closing arguments since Monday

• Several of the dedicated students in the debate club

Complete Exercise 2 in your Grammar Packet.

Exercise 2

1. Crazy tests of endurance swept the nation during the 1920s.

2. "Shipwreck" Kelly sat atop an Atlantic City flagpole for 49 days.

3. The stunt earned him the title "King of the Pole."

4. The Rocking Chair Derby was a more down-to-earth contest.

5. Contestants rocked back and forth for days.

6. Losers literally went off their rockers. 

7. New York City's Noun and Verb Rodeo appealed to nonstop talkers.

8. Contestants breathlessly babbled for hours on end.

9. The toughest test of enduarnce was the Bunion Derby.

10. Andy Payne won the transcontinental footrace in a record 573 hours.

What is the simple subject?

The simple subject is the most important noun or pronoun in the complete subject.

Many students read The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet.

What is the simple predicate?

The simple predicate is the verb that goes with the subject. It generally tells what the subject did, does, or will do.

Celia won an award for her performance.
She will receive a trophy next week.

Multiple Choice

Identify the Simple Subject in the following sentence:

The brilliant, complicated plan required immediate attention from the entire team.

• required

• brilliant

• team

• plan

Multiple Choice

What is the Simple Predicate in the sentence below?

Four experienced geologists carefully examined the ancient rock formation near the coastal highway.

• examined

• experienced

• carefully

• geologists

Complete Exercise 3&4 in your Grammar Packet.

Exercise 3

1. Crazy tests of endurance swept the nation during the 1920s.

2. The stunt earned him the title "King of the Pole."

3. New York City's Noun and Verb Rodeo appealed to nonstop talkers.

4. The toughest test of endurance was the Bunion Derby.

5. Andy Payne won the transcontinental footrace in a record 573 hours.

Exercise 4

1. "Shipwreck" Kelly sat atop an Atlantic City flagpole for 49 days.

2. The Rocking Chair Derby was a more down-to-earth contest.

3. Contestants rocked back and forth for days.

4. Losers literally went off their rockers.

5. Contestants breathlessly babbled for hours on end.