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The Sentence. So you think you know me…. Parts of a Sentence. The Subject: Complete subject: all the words before the verb. Simple subject: just the main thing or things that you are talking about in the sentence. EVERYBODY NOW!!!!!. Ex. 1 John and his pet kangaroo ate monkey brains.
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The Sentence So you think you know me…..
Parts of a Sentence • The Subject: • Complete subject: all the words before the verb. • Simple subject: just the main thing or things that you are talking about in the sentence.
EVERYBODY NOW!!!!! • Ex. 1 John and his pet kangaroo ate monkey brains. • What is the COMPLETE SUBJECT? • What is the SIMPLE SUBJECT? • Just for kicks, what is the verb and what kind of verb is it? • I’m waiting…………
Hey are you still there??? • Why are you not writing the answers in your fancy red notebooks??? • C’mon jut think about it -it won’t hurt…I promise. • Okay, have you got it? • GOOD-let’s check it out…..
Okay…who thinks they have the right answer? Let’s see… • The complete subject is all the words before the verb, so you have to know where the verb is. • In this sentence the verb is ATE and it is an ACTION verb. • So.. The complete subject is..JOHN AND HIS PET KANGAROO • The simple subject is just the exact words that tell us who or what we are talking about. • So..The simple subject is..JOHN. KANGAROO
DID YOU GET IT RIGHT? • EXCELLENT WORK • YOU ARE ALL BRILLIANT • BUT I’M JUST A COMPUTER WHAT DO I KNOW?