Identifying Subjects and Predicates in 3rd Grade Language

What are the two main parts of a sentence?

• Subject and Object

• Complete Subject and Complete Predicate

• Verb and Noun

• Clause and Phrase

What does the complete subject tell you?

• Who or what the sentence is about

• When the action happens

• What the subject is doing

• Where the action takes place

What does the complete predicate begin with?

• An adjective

• A noun

• A verb

• An adverb

In the sentence 'The three girls went to the park after school', who is the sentence about?

• The three girls

• After school

• The park

• Went

In the sentence 'The three girls went to the park after school', what is the subject doing?

• Going to the park

• Studying

• Eating

• Playing

What is the verb in the predicate 'went to the park after school'?

• After

• School

• Went

• Park

In the sentence 'My mom baked me a cake', who is the sentence about?

• My mom

• A cake

• Baked

• Me

In the sentence 'My mom baked me a cake', what is the subject doing?

• Eating

• Sleeping

• Baking a cake

• Running

What is the verb in the predicate 'baked me a cake'?

• Baked

• Me

• Cake

• Mom

How can you check if you have identified the predicate correctly?

• See if it starts with a noun

• See if it starts with a verb

• See if it ends with a noun

• See if it ends with a verb