Subjects Predicates

Subject or Predicate?

Ted and Sam saw a dog.

• Subject

• Predicate

Choose the complete predicate:

Her mother spilled water all over the new couch.

• spilled water all over the new couch.

• all over

• Her mother spilled

What is the SUBJECT of a sentence?

• the verb

• the action in the sentence

• tells who are what the sentence is about

What is the PREDICATE of a sentence?

• Who the sentence is about

• What the subject is or does

What is true of all predicates?

• They all contain verbs

• They all contain nouns

• They all contain adjectives

• They all contain adverbs

The underlined part is the______.

My dog is my best friend.

• Subject

• Predicate

• None

What is the predicate?

• barking

• is barking

• dog

• My dog is barking.

The underlined part in the sentence is the______.

My dog is my best friend.

• Subject

• Predicate

• None

Subject or Predicate?

Sarah went to the store.

• Subject

• Predicate

Subject or Predicate?

The horse ran through the field.

• Subject

• Predicate