Simple Sentences

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Simple Sentences

• Practice
• Week 24

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Monday PracticeThe following statements are not
sentences. Tell whether they are missing a
subject or a predicate.

• The children in my class.
• Predicate
• 2. Are from other countries.
• Subject
• Some people who live here.
• Predicate
• 4. Often eat different foods.
• Subject

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Circle the simple subject of each sentence.
Underline the complete subject.

• Different signals are used at night.
• 2. Colored lights give weather messages.
• 3. A storm warning is two red lights.
• 4. Boats out at sea can see these lights.
• 5. Other messages are sent from the shore.
• 6. The first light harbors have lighthouses.
• 7. Some tall towers warn of dangerous rocks.
• 8. A beam of light shines through a stormy sky.

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Circle the simple predicate (main verb) of each
sentence. Underline the complete predicate.

• 1. The Plain Indians spoke many languages.
• 2. Not everyone understood neighboring tribes.
• 3. The tribes used a language of hand movements.
• 4. Some movements were simple.
• 5. Plains Indians lived in villages at times.
• 6. The men were hunters.
• 7. The women raised corn, beans, and squash.
• 8. Hunters easily followed the buffalo.

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Tuesday PracticeUnderline the complete subject.
Box the compound subjects. (Remember they are 2
simple subjects with a conjunction.)

• 1. Planets and stars may look alike to our eyes.
• 2. The sizes and the colors of the planets vary.
• 3. Saturn and Uranus both have rings.
• 4. Galileo and Huygens first noticed the rings.

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Underline the complete predicate. Box the
compound predicates. (Remember they are 2 simple
predicates main verbs with a conjunction.)

• 1. My family packed the car and drove South.
• 2. Some visitors in the park sail boats and ride
  trains.
• 3. We found a guide and joined a tour group.
• 4. Our group crossed a bridge and looked for
  wildlife.

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Draw one line under the complete subject. Draw
two lines under the complete predicate. Box the
simple subject. Circle the simple predicate.

• 1. The youngest boy cried.
• 2. The oldest girl hugged him.
• 3. The other children sat on the ground.
• 4. They waited on the sunrise.
• 5. The sun peeked out of a cloud.
• 6. The children felt strong and happy.

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Determine if a compound subject or compound
predicate is used in each sentence.

• 1. The teenagers prepare, clean, and paint the
  wall.
• 2. Flowers, birds, or leaves flow from their
  brushes.
• 3. The girl and her neighbors planted seeds.
• 4. We can pick the tomato or leave it to ripen
  another day.
• 5. The tomatoes and beans will sprout first.
• 6. Marisol brought a watering can and watered her
  seeds.
• 7. Marisols plant sprouted and grew very tall.
• 8. The watering can and spade came in handy.

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