Lets Get Grammatical

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Lets Get Grammatical

• Subjects and Predicates

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Subject

• What the sentence is telling us about
• The complete subject is the subject plus all its
  modifiers
• The simple subject is the subject without any
  modifiers (words that describe it)

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Wheres the Simple Subject?

• 1. Freaky Friday just so happens to be an awesome
  movie!
• 2. While driving to Hawaii, my dog and I got
  soaked.
• 3. Where in the world is Carmen Sandiego?
• 4. That Ive never eaten a pickle is no joke.

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Wheres the Complete Subject?

• The actions of men are the best interpreters of
  their thoughts.
• A dirty rat stole my chocolate pudding.
• Were going to see Old Faithful today.

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Predicate

• Says something about the subject
• The simple predicate is the verb without any
  complements or modifiers
• The complete predicate is the verb plus any
  complements or modifiers

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Wheres the Simple Predicate?

• My dog enjoys eating shrimp cocktail.
• Mary would have had a chocolate sundae at Dairy
  Queen, but she was on a diet.
• Where be the booty, matey?
• Ryan desperately wanted to play ping-pong with
  the monkey at the zoo.

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Wheres the Complete Predicate?

• I went to football practice, to the park, then to
  the dentist.
• My very educated mother just served us nine
  pickles.
• Tommys mom barely even knows me.

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Lets ReviewFind Simple Subjects and Predicates

• What in the world are you doing?
• If writing, write legibly.
• If the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into
  the ditch.
• The flight I needed was cancelled.

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Lets Review . . . More ?

• What in the world are you doing?
• If writing, write legibly.
• If the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into
  the ditch.
• The flight I needed was cancelled.