Patosky's Version

What is your name?

What is the SUBJECT of a sentence?

• Who or what the sentence is about
• The action in the sentence

What is the PREDICATE of a sentence?

• Who or what the sentence is about
• The action in the sentence

Sarah ran away from the haunted house. [What is the simple subject?]

• Sarah
• ran
• haunted house

Sarah ran away from the haunted house. [What is the simple predicate?]

• Sarah
• ran
• haunted house

Mary baked a loaf of bread. [What is the simple subject?]

• Mary
• baked
• bread

The old building creaked in the wind. [What is the simple subject?]

• The old building
• building
• old

Mary baked a loaf of bread. [What is the simple predicate?]

• Mary
• baked
• bread

The old building creaked in the wind. [What is the simple predicate?]

• The old building
• creaked in the wind
• creaked

The wind blew through the trees, making a scratching sound against the glass. [What is the simple subject?]

• trees
• wind
• glass