Subjects, predicates

sentences

and

Tell me what is happening.

Who?

Wass’ up?

Who? Spider Man

Wass’ up? Is running after the bad guys

Spider Man is running after the bad guys!

This is a complete sentence.

What must a complete sentence have ?

A subject Spider Man

A predicate

Is running after the bad guys

A sentence must also make sense.

A Subject

tells who or what the sentence is about.

Spider Man battles for justice.

Who battles for justice? The subject

The predicate tells wass’ up with the subject.

• The predicate tells what the subject does or has.

• The predicate can also describe what the

subject is or is like.

Spider Man

fights for justice. (does)

has a strong web. (has)

is a hero. (is)

is brave. (is like)

These are predicates.

A sentence must have a subject and a predicate

and

express a complete thought.

(make sense)

A sentence fragment …

o does not express a complete thought.

o may be missing a subject.

o may be missing a predicate.

o may be missing both.

Spider Man with a red cover-all

So… wass’ up with Spider Man in his red cover-alls?

What is missing? The subject or the predicate?

OK! The predicate!

…fights for justice and the good guys.

OK… Who fights for justice and the good guys?

What’s missing?Right! Spider Man!What is Spider

Man? The Subject

…for justice and the good guys

What is missing?

the who or what?

the wass’ up?

or

both?

OK!BOTH!

The Complete Subject

Spider Man with his red cover-alls, mask, spinneret's, and green eyes was a fierce fighter.

The complete subject includes all of the words in the subject of the sentence.

The Complete Predicate

Spider Man with his red cover-alls, mask, spinneret's, and green eyes was a fierce fighter.

The complete predicate includes all of the words in the predicate of a sentence.

The Simple Subject

is the main word or group of words in the complete subject.

is usually a noun or pronoun.Spider Man in his mask

and cover-alls is a hero.

The Simple Predicate

is the main word or group of words in the complete predicate.

is always a verb.

Spider Man in his mask and cover-alls ran toward the robbers.

Finding Subjects

Declarative Sentences Most statements begin with the subject.

I am Rocky.

I am so cool.

This dog is mine.

Interrogative Sentence Order

Questions may begin with part or all of the predicate. The subject come next followed by the rest of the predicate.Have you seen a

dog?

Have I seen a dog?

Why do you ask?

Interrogative Sentences

When questions begin with part or all of the predicate, this is the P S P word order.

Have you seen a dog? P S P

Have I seen a dog? P S P

Why do you ask? P S P

To locate the subject of an interrogative

sentence,change the question into a declarative

sentence. (Make a statement.)Have you seen a dog?

QuestionYou have seen a dog. Statement

Have I seen a dog? Question

I have seen a dog. Statement

Why do you ask? Question You do ask why.

Statement

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.

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.

Imperative SentenceIn requests and commands, the subject is usually not stated. The word you is understood to be the subject.

Catch that cat!

You

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.

Compound subjects and predicates (verbs)

Use and, but, or or to join the compound subjects and predicates.

When you have 3 or more subjects or 3 or more verbs: and, but, or or usually comes before only the last subject or predicate.

Wild Cat, Cool Dude, and Izzy

rule the Bumble’s house.

Wild Cat, Cool Dude, and Izzy

stalk, bite, and scratch the poor Bumbles!

Simple and CompoundSentences

You can put two simple sentences together and

make a compound sentence. WOW!

Wild Cat, Cool Dude, and Izzy are in a cat conspiracy,

butthe Bumbles don’t know it.

Run-On Sentences Oh, no!

A run-on sentence is two or more sentences incorrectly written as one sentence.

To correct a run-on sentence,

write separate sentences, or combine

the sentences.

If you combine the sentences, use either a

semicolon alone

or a comma with and, or, or but.

;

, conjunction

Wild Cat, Cool Dude, and Izzy hope you are a sentence wizard in Mrs. Dyer’s class.

So long.