Simple Subjects and Predicates

1. Simple Subjects and Predicates Huge cresting waves pound the sailboat Simple Subject: Waves Simple Predicate: Pound • Simple Subject: key word or words in the subject. • Simple Predicate: verb or verb phrase that tells something about the subject. • Example: The unrelenting Ms. Andersonsailed faster than her competition Simple Subject Simple Predicate Why is this important??? * If you can’t find the simple subject and a simple predicate in your sentence, you’ve created a fragment. This is also known as an incomplete thought. In other words, if you don’t have a simple subject or simple predicate, you run the risk of being misunderstood. Complete Subjects and Predicates • Complete Subject: the simple subject and all the words that modify, or tell more about, it. • Complete Predicate: the verb and all the words that modify, or tell more about, it. Disaster movies fascinate nearly everyone Complete Subject Complete Predicate *Tip – every word in a sentence belongs to either the complete subject or complete predicate*

2. Compound Subjects, Verbs, and Predicates Class Practice • Compound Subject: two or more subjects that share a verb. • Compound Verb: two or more verbs or verb phrases (IE – am running, had eaten) that are joined by a conjunction and share the same subject. • Compound Predicate: consists of a compound verb and all the words that go with each verb. Compound Subject Divers and climbersshare a love of adventure. Verb Compound Subject Compound Verb Diversswim and breath under water. Subject Compound Verb Compound Predicate Our studentsstudy all day and sleep through the night. Compound Predicate Class Practice • Underline the simple subject and simple predicate • Lindblom Math and Science Academy destroyed Whitney Young at the Ultimate Frisbee tournament. • Mr. Suh, a Lindblom teacher, rejected the offer of coaching synchronized swimming. • The fast car also zipped across Ashland Avenue. • Mark CS or F for complete sentence or fragment. • In January 1998, a hurricane tore through Englewood. • Students around the class all the time. • The sophomores survived their freshman year. • Underline the complete subjects and complete predicates • The special-effects crew created tiny models of the ship. • Experts on the disaster were fooled by these scenes. • Underline the compound subject or compound predicate • Children and adults can survive frigid water for a long time. • Cold water signals the brain and triggers a “diving reflex.”