Parts of a Sentence: Subjects and Predicates

What are the two main parts of a sentence?

• Subject & Predicate

• Adjective & Adverb

• Subject & Simple Subject

• Preposition & Pronoun

What is the purpose of a predicate?

• tells who or what the sentence is about

• shows the location of the subject

• tells what the subject does or is

Identify the simple predicate in the sentence.

• Pedro

• homework

• finished

• math

Identify the simple predicate of the sentence.

The curious cat walked along the wooden fence.

• walked

• cat

• fence

• along

Identify the complete predicate in the sentence.

• Jessie is is going to come over to my house today.

• My friend Jessie

• to my house today

• is going to come over to my house today.

What is the complete subject of the sentence?

• barn

• trotted to the barn

• The brown horse

• horse

What is the complete predicate in the sentence?

The dusty book sat on the top shelf.

• The dusty book

• sat

• book

• sat on the top shelf.

What is the complete predicate in the sentence?

• stopped at the corner.

• taxi driver

• stopped

• the corner

Identify the complete predicate & the complete subject in the sentence.

• Subject: Bowie

  Predicate: into the pool

• Subject: Bowie & Joe

  Predicate: dove

• Subject: Bowie & Joe

  Predicate: dove into the pool

• Subject: Joe

  Predicate: the pool

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Identify the complete predicate & the complete subject in the sentence.

Because it was so hot out, we played inside

• Subject: because

  Predicate: so

• Subject: It

  Predicate: was so hot out

• Subject: we

  Predicate: played inside

• Subject: We

  Predicate: hot out