Download The Subject, Predicate, and More

 The
subject tells whom or what the sentence is
about.
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Example: Lois Lenski wrote Strawberry Girl.
The tooth with a point is called a canine.
 To
find the subject, ask yourself who or what is
doing something or about whom or what
something is being said.
 The subject may come at the beginning, in the
middle, or even at the end of a sentence.
 The
complete subject is all of the words
needed to tell whom or what the sentence is
about.
 The simple subject is the main word or words
group that tells whom or what the sentence is
about.
 Examples: The Korean market is closed today.
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Complete subject: The Korean market
Simple subject: market
 The
predicate of a sentence tells something
about the subject.
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Example: Lois Lenski wrote Strawberry Girls.
 The
predicate usually comes after the subject.
Sometimes, however part or all of the
predicate comes before the subject.
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Example: Quickly we learned the layout of the
small Hopi village.
 Complete
predicate is a verb and all the
words that describe the verb and complete
its meaning.
 Simple predicate, or verb, is the main word
or word group in the complete predicate.
 Example: The nurse lifted the patient
carefully.
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Complete predicate: lifted the patient carefully
Simple predicate: lifted
 The
simple predicate may be a single verb
or a verb phrase.
 A verb phrase is a verb with one or more
helping verbs.
 Examples:
 Yoshi went to Japan last summer. (single
verb)
 The park is located near a lake. (verb
phrase)
 We should have planned a picnic. (verb
phrase)
 Identify
the complete subject in each of
these sentences.
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Many games use rackets or paddles.
Tennis can be an exhausting sport.
 Identify
complete predicate in each of these
sentences
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Many games use rackets or paddles.
Tennis can be an exhausting sport.
 Identify
the complete subject in each of
these sentences.
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Many games use rackets or paddles.
Tennis can be an exhausting sport.
 Identify
complete predicate in each of these
sentences
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Many games use rackets or paddles.
Tennis can be an exhausting sport.