1.3 Workbook #1 p65, 72
Subjects & Predicates
Every sentence has a subject and a predicate.
The subject is the part of the sentence that tells whom or what the sentence is about. All the words in the subject are called the complete subject. The simple subject is the most important word in the complete subject. A simple subject can be more than one word, as in Plum Creek.
Complete Subject: The mud from the river squished beneath her feet.
Simple Subject: The mud from the river squished beneath her feet.
The predicate is the part of the sentence that tells what the subject is or does. All the words in the predicate are called the complete predicate. The simple predicate, or verb, is the most important word in the complete predicate. A simple predicate can be more than one word, as in was going.
Complete Predicate: The mud from the river squished beneath her feet.
Simple Predicate: The mud from the river squished beneath her feet.
A compound subject is made up of two or more simple subjects.
Compound Subject: Mary and Laura swept the floor.
A compound predicate is made up of two or more simple predicates.
Compound Predicate: The bees buzzed and bumbled in the wind.
The subject is the part of the sentence that tells whom or what the sentence is about. All the words in the subject are called the complete subject. The simple subject is the most important word in the complete subject. A simple subject can be more than one word, as in Plum Creek.
Complete Subject: The mud from the river squished beneath her feet.
Simple Subject: The mud from the river squished beneath her feet.
The predicate is the part of the sentence that tells what the subject is or does. All the words in the predicate are called the complete predicate. The simple predicate, or verb, is the most important word in the complete predicate. A simple predicate can be more than one word, as in was going.
Complete Predicate: The mud from the river squished beneath her feet.
Simple Predicate: The mud from the river squished beneath her feet.
A compound subject is made up of two or more simple subjects.
Compound Subject: Mary and Laura swept the floor.
A compound predicate is made up of two or more simple predicates.
Compound Predicate: The bees buzzed and bumbled in the wind.
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