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Subjects and Predicates

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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 . - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Subjects and Predicates

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A sentence must have a subject and a

predicate

and

express a complete thought.

(make sense)

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Judy and her dog run on the beach every morning.

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Judy and her dog run on the beach every morning.

First find the verb and then make a question by placing ``who?'' or ``what?'' before it.The answer is the

subject, Judy and her dog.

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Let’s try one:

We spilled popcorn on the floor. What is the verb of this

sentence?

We spilled popcorn on the floor.

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Now find the subject:

We spilled popcorn on the floor. Now decide who or what

spilled popcorn?We spilled popcorn on the

floor.

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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

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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

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Identifying Complete Subjects and Complete Predicates

1. 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.

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Identifying Complete Subjects and Complete Predicates

1. 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.

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Sometimes sentences have inverted word order.

Most sentences have the subject at the beginning of the sentence and the predicate after the subject.

This is the S P sentence order

This is the P S sentence order.

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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.

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Compound Subjects (2 or+ subjects)

Compound Predicates (2 or+ verbs)

The cat and the dog are not buddies.

The cat hissed and spat.The dog growled and barked.