Grammar Gurus_Lesson 1_Subject & Predicate

The subject of a sentence contains the main verb. 

• True

• False

The subject of a sentence is who or what the sentence is about.

• True

• False

There are ____________ article adjectives in the English language. 

What are the article adjectives in the English language?

• He, She, & They

• Subject, Predicate, & Grammar

• Diagram, Underline, & Arrow

• A, An, & The

In the sentence below, what is the subject?

James studied.

• James

• There is no subject.

• studied

• There is no predicate.

In the sentence below, what is the main verb (predicate)?

The girl smiled.

• The

• girl

• smiled

• .

In the sentence below, what is the article adjective?

The wildcat roared.

• wildcat

• The

• roared

• There is no article adjective. This is a trick question!

What is incorrect about this diagram?

Note: The original sentence was —The dog yawned.

• The diagram should include punctuation (like periods and exclamation marks).

• There is nothing incorrect about this sentence diagram.

• Yawned is the predicate/verb. It is in the wrong spot on the diagram. It should be where "dog" is on the diagram.

Which picture best represents how you should label and diagram sentences. The sentence that you will be analyzing is:

The phone rang.

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A complete sentence must contain both a _________ and a __________.

• article adjective and subject

• subject and predicate

• article adjective and predicate

• subject and punctuation