Language Skills Practice 6.2

What are the two main parts of a sentence?

• Subject & Predicate

• Adjective & Adverb

• Subject & Simple Subject

• Preposition & Pronoun

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1C

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.3.1F

CCSS.L.3.1I

What is the purpose of the subject?

• tells who or what the sentence is about

• shows action

• tells what the topic does or is

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1C

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.3.1F

CCSS.L.3.1I

What is the purpose of a predicate?

• tells who or what the sentence is about

• shows the location of the subject

• tells what the subject does or is

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1C

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.3.1F

CCSS.L.3.1I

What two parts of speech can a simple subject be?

• verb or adverb

• noun or pronoun

• adjective or preposition

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1J

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.7.1B

What part of speech is a simple predicate?

• Verb

• Adverb

• Noun

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1C

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.3.1F

CCSS.L.3.1I

Is this a fragment or a complete sentence:

Studied hard for the test.

• Complete Sentence

• Fragment

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1F

Is this a fragment or a complete sentence:

My dad's cell phone.

• Complete Sentence

• Fragment

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1F

What's missing:

really wanted a dog

• Subject

• Predicate

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1C

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.3.1F

CCSS.L.3.1I

What's missing:

chases the cat around the yard

• Subject

• Predicate

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1C

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.3.1F

CCSS.L.3.1I

Identify the simple subjects and simple predicates in the following sentence:
Reptiles eat and digest big meals.

• Reptiles; meals
• Reptiles; eat
• Reptiles; eat and digest
• eat; digest

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1C

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.3.1F

CCSS.L.3.1I