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.
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.
Let’s try one:
We spilled popcorn on the floor. What is the verb of this
sentence?
We spilled popcorn on the floor.
Now find the subject:
We spilled popcorn on the floor. Now decide who or what
spilled popcorn?We spilled popcorn on the
floor.
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
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
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.
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.
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.
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.