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Subjects and Predicates
A sentence expresses a complete thought
and must have a subject and a predicate. It
should also have proper capitalization and
punctuation.
The subject part of the sentence names
whom or what the sentence is about
Simple Subjects
 Simple subject- is the main word or group of
words in the complete subject.
 The simple subject is usually a noun or a
pronoun.
 A noun is a word that names a person, place,
thing, or an idea
Ex. Tina, school, boat, invention
 A pronoun is a word that takes the place of a
noun
Ex. She, we, they, he, it, mine, its
Simple Subject
Ex. All people change their environment.
simple subject
 The word people is the main word in the
subject, which is a collective noun.
Complete Subject
 Complete subject includes all of the words in the subject
of a sentence.
Ex. (All people) change their environment.
complete subject- It contains all the words in the
subject of the sentence.
 Sometimes the simple subject is also the complete
subject
Simple Predicate
 Is the main word or group of words in the
complete predicate.
 The simple predicate is always a verb. A verb is
a word that expresses action or a state of
being.
Ex. running, swimming, am, be, seem, have
Simple Predicate
All people/change their environment.
Simple Predicate
 The action verb change is the main word in
the sentence.
 The simple predicate may also be the complete
predicate.
Complete Predicate
 The complete predicate includes all the
words in the predicate of a sentence.
Ex. All people/ (change their environment.)
complete predicate
 Those are all of the words in the predicate.
Sentence Fragment
 Is a group of words that does not
express a complete thought. It may also
be missing a subject, predicate, or both.
Ex. Inhabits the woodlands- fragment
The fragment lacks a subject. Who or what
inhabits the woodlands?
Sentence- (Wildlife) inhabits the woodlands.
is whom or what the sentence is about
Sentence Fragment
Ex. Under the shelter of trees.- fragment
The fragment lacks both, subject and predicate.
 (Whom or what) is under the shelters of trees,
it is lacking information. No subject
 The predicate tells and or gives information
about the subject. It answers the what, or
whom the sentence is about. There is no verb
in the fragment.
Sentence Fragment
Ex. Healthy forest land.-fragment
It lacks a predicate.
(Healthy forest land) is the subject it does not
give any information about the forest land nor
does it have a verb.
Ex. Healthy forest land support many kinds of
wildlife.- sentence
 What is the predicate in the sentence above and tell
why?