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Sentences. Mr. Lewis. Subject. Person: John went for a walk. Place: Towns are quiet after snowfall. Thing: Meatballs taste delicious. Quality: Silence is golden. Idea: Peace is at hand. Verbs. Physical Action: Sally sneezed. Mental Action: John thinks . State of Being
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Sentences Mr. Lewis
Subject Person: John went for a walk. Place: Towns are quiet after snowfall. Thing: Meatballs taste delicious. Quality: Silence is golden. Idea: Peace is at hand.
Verbs • Physical Action: • Sally sneezed. • Mental Action: • John thinks. • State of Being • Jesse is my friend.
Your Turn: What are the subjects and verbs? • Bob ate a banana for breakfast. • Bears eat beats and berries. • Salmon swim upstream to claim their mating territory. • Stewart and Theresa went to the dance together.
Verb-Subject Identification Procedure • Step 1: Look for the action or state-of-being word to find the verb. • Example: Kevin reported the theft. • Step 2: Ask yourself “Who or what (verb)? to find the subject. • Example: Paula is an astronaut.
There are four types of Simple Sentences • SV-One Subject and Verb • Ex: John wentto the store. • SSV-Two Subjects and one Verb • Ex. Syracuse and Davisplayed football. • SVV- One Subject and two Verbs • Ex. Joeywent to the park and playedon the swings. • SSVV- Two Subjects and Two Verbs • Ex. The dog and the catran and chased each other through the yard.
Identify the Subject and Verbs • Some people decided it would be good to cause a ruckus. • Dogs and cats do not get along. • Batman and Robin fought and defeated the Joker. • The Mississippi River is the longest river in the United States.
Predicates • Sentences have two major parts. • Subject-tells who/what sentence is about • Predicates-Tells about sentence • Some residents of the desert can survive a long drought.
Identify the Predicate and Subject • The Australian frog is particularly noteworthy. • How can an animal survive that long? • Platinum commands a high price today because of its resistance to corrosion.
Simple vs Complete Predicate • Simple Predicate is the VERB. • Ex: snare • Complete Predicate consists of the verb and all the words that modify the verb and complete its meaning. • Ex: snare their prey in intricate webs. • Spiders snare their prey in intricate webs.
Practice • Rosa has been looking for you all morning. • Have my keys been found? • I love spicy foods. • Many different types of species live in various regions of the ocean.