Subjects and Predicates

What is the function of a subject in a sentence?

• It describes the meanings of the different words
• It explains the action that's being taken
• It tells you who or what the sentence is about
• It modifies the nouns

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CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.1.1C

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.3.1F

What is true of all predicates?

• They all contain verbs
• They all contain nouns
• They all contain adjectives
• They all contain adverbs

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CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.1.1C

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.3.1F

Which of these is not a complete sentence?

• They're swimming fast!
• Catch me if you can.
• No way out.
• It's a twister!

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CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.1.1J

CCSS.L.7.1B

My fat cat

• Subject
• Predicate

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CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.1.1C

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.3.1F

hopped over the fence

• Subject
• predicate

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CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.1.1C

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.3.1F

What is the subject in the sentence:
The car must have run out of gas.

• gas
• that car
• The car
• out of gas

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CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.1.1C

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.3.1F

True or False:  The subject is in red and the predicate is in blue?
My mom drove us to Chuck E. Cheese's.

• True
• False

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CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.1.1C

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.3.1F

What is the predicate?
Giant walls fell into the street.

• walls
• fell into the street
• fell
• street

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CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.1.1C

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.3.1F

Read the sentence: The tall girl climbed the spooky tree. What is the predicate?

• The spooky tree

• The tall girl

• The tree

• Climbed the spooky tree

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CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.1.1C

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.3.1F

Read the sentence: The Science Museum is not open until further notice. What is the subject?

• The Museum

• The Science Museum

• Until further notice

• Is not open until further notice

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CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.1.1C

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.3.1F