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Subjects and Predicates

Subjects and Predicates. A sentence must have a subject and a predicate and express a complete thought. (make sense). Judy and her dog run on the beach every morning. Judy and her dog run on the beach every morning. The answer is the subject, Judy and her dog .

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Subjects and Predicates

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  1. Subjects and Predicates

  2. A sentence must have a subject and a predicateandexpress a complete thought.(make sense)

  3. Judy and her dogrun on the beach every morning.

  4. Judy and her dogrun on the beach every morning. The answer is the subject, Judy and her dog. First find the verb and then make a question by placing ``who?'' or ``what?'' before it.

  5. Let’s try one: What is the verb of this sentence? We spilled popcorn on the floor. We spilled popcorn on the floor.

  6. Now find the subject: Now decide who or what spilled popcorn? Wespilled popcorn on the floor. We spilled popcorn on the floor.

  7. Predicates • The predicate tells what the subject of a sentence does or is. Predicates begin with a verb (action or linking). My family goes on hikes. Subject Predicate action

  8. Linking and Action • There are two kinds of verbs that begin a predicate. • A linking verb does not show any action, but they link to an action verb. Am, is, are, was, and were are linking verbs. The water is cold. • An action verb shows action. The children smiled at the camera. linking action

  9. Identifying Complete Subjects and Complete Predicates I like strawberry shortcake with cream. 2. The Snake River flows through southern Idaho. 3. You seem sad today. 4. This dictionary has 1,559 pages. 5. The young detective searched the room for clues. 6. The fresh yellow butter melted.

  10. Identifying Complete Subjects and Complete Predicates • Ilike strawberry shortcake with cream. 2. The Snake Riverflows through southern Idaho. 3. Youseem sad today. 4. This dictionaryhas 1,559 pages. 5. The young detectivesearched the room for clues. 6. The fresh yellow buttermelted.

  11. Most sentences have the subject at the beginning of the sentence and the predicate after the subject. This is the SPsentence order Sometimes sentences have inverted word order. This is the P S sentence order.

  12. Inverted Word Order (The subject is not first.) Holding the mouse’s tail was a cat! Whom or what is the sentence about? The subject is the cat.

  13. The cat and the dogare not buddies. Compound Subjects (2 or+ subjects) Compound Predicates (2 or+ verbs) The cat hissed and spat. The dog growled and barked.

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