Complete Subjects and Complete Predicates

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Complete Subjects and Complete Predicates

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• In order to express a complete thought, a
  sentence must have two parts, a subject and a
  predicate.
• The subject tells whom or what the sentence is
  about.
• The predicate tells what the subject is, does,
  has, or feels.

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Subject Predicate
People eat.
Most people in America eat three meals every day.
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• The complete subject includes a noun or a pronoun
  and the words and phrases that describe it.
• The complete predicate contains a verb or a verb
  phrase and all the words that complete its
  meaning.
• Sometimes the complete subject or the complete
  predicate or both are just one word.
• Fish swim.

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What are the complete subject and the complete
predicate in each sentence?

1. Students in every class are now preparing
   projects for the fair.
2. Two English classes are performing Julius Caesar.
   
3. Some of the students in Ms. Solanos social
   studies class have photographed flags of many
   nations.
4. One of the students has built a miniature house.
5. Susans class baked whole-wheat bread in the
   shapes of hearts and clover leaves.

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What kind of punctuation mark should end each
sentence? Label each sentence declarative,
imperative, interrogative, or exclamatory.

• 6. Julia has designed colorful programs.
• 7. Students from other schools will be coming.
• 8. We are looking forward to the event.
• 9. The weather had been hot and dry.
• 10. The people of Clayville did not expect a
  rainstorm.
• 11. The first drops fell at dusk.
• 12. Mist turned to light rain.
• 13. The light rain had become a downpour by dawn.

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What kind of punctuation mark should end each
sentence? Label each sentence declarative,
imperative, interrogative, or exclamatory.

• 14. A steady rain fell for almost two days.
• 15. The rain was extremely welcome after so many
  weeks of dry weather.
• 16. Many of the residents of Clayville had been
  worried about the lack of rain.
• 17. The heavy rainfall produced good results for
  the farmers and their summer crops.

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What kind of punctuation mark should end each
sentence? Label each sentence declarative,
imperative, interrogative, or exclamatory.

• 18. Many plants began recovery.
• 19. Fruit trees produced new buds.
• 20. The children of Clayville also enjoyed the
  results of the rain.
• 21. Many of the children swam in the pond for the
  first time this summer.
• 22. Cows, sheep, and goats reaped the benefits of
  the lush new growth of grasses.
• 23. Everything in the town of Clayville now looks
  cleaner, brighter, and practically new.
• 24. People with yards can return to watering
  their lawns, flower gardens, and vegetable
  patches.