Subject and Predicate

The pencil broke in my hand.

Which part is the PREDICATE?

• The pencil

• broke in my hand.

Find the subject:

My cat likes to play with yarn.

• yarn

• likes to play with yarn

• My cat

A predicate tells us what or who the sentence is about.

• True

• False

Find the predicate.

We saw a huge snake!

• We

• snake

• saw a huge snake

Identify the predicate in the following sentence: "The flowers in the garden are blooming."

• The flowers

• in the garden

• are blooming

What is the predicate?

• Ms. Peterson

• uses different colors on the whiteboard.

What is the predicate?

• The gold medal

• is shiny.

What is the predicate?

• The koala bear

• eats leaves but doesn't drink water.

What is the predicate?

• This map of our school

• helps me to know where I'm going.

The subject of the sentence tells us__________.

• what is happening

• who or what the sentence is about

• the action