Subjects and Predicates

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Subjects and Predicates

• Mr. Mc Dowell
• March 2006

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Subjects

• The subject is what (or whom) the sentence is
  about
• 1. Judy and her dog ran past my house.
• 2. Bouncing off the ground was the green bottle.
• 3. The audience littered the theatre floor with
  torn wrappings and spilled popcorn

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Subjects

• The subject is what (or whom) the sentence is
  about
• 1. Judy and her dog ran past my house.
• 2. Bouncing off the ground was the green bottle.
• 3. The audience littered the theatre floor with
  torn wrappings and spilled popcorn.

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Predicates

• The predicate is the action or description that
  occurs in the sentence
• 1. Paul was singing on the front steps.
• 2. Bouncing off the ground was the green bottle.
• 3. The audience littered the theatre floor with
  torn wrappings and spilled popcorn.

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Predicates

• The predicate is the action or description that
  occurs in the sentence
• 1. Paul was singing on the front steps.
• 2. Bouncing off the ground was the green bottle.
• 3. The audience littered the theatre floor with
  torn wrappings and spilled popcorn.

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Practice
Subjects and Predicates (p. 406) Build Grammar
Skills 1 5 Directions Write the sentence.
Underline the subject,
circle the predicate.
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Exception

• A command is the only type of sentence that has
  no subject. The subject (you) is implied
• Stop!
• Implied Subject you
• Predicate stop
• Read the book.
• Implied subject you
• Predicate read the book
• Walk the dogs and get the mail.
• Implied subject you
• Predicate walk the dogs and get the mail

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Assessment

• Draw a line between the subject and predicate in
  each sentence.
• 1. The guy in the striped shirt threw the ball
  at my head.
• 2. Tryouts for the dance team made me really
  tired.
• 3. Ham, potatoes, and biscuits sound great
  right now.
• 4. The experiment in the science room burned
  down the
• school.
• 5. The cats are running quickly towards their
  food bowl.
• Underline the simple subject in each sentence.
• 6. When will the school day finally end .
• 7. Sit down and be quiet!
• Underline the simple predicate in each sentence.
• 8. Why do you think you can pass without
  doing work?
• 9. What movie did they see last night?
• 10. Win the game tonight!