Complete Sentences

What does a sentence need? Capital letter at the beginning of the sentence. Punctuation mark at the end of the sentence. A subject A predicate

Every sentences as a central verb, whether it is one or more words. That verb is called the simple predicate! A verb is an action word. Every sentence also has a noun or pronoun that the sentence is mostly about. It’s the noun or pronoun that does the action in the sentence –or gets linked to something else. That noun or pronoun is called the simple subject!

Definition: a person, place or thing Noun Syllables: noun (1) Definition: a person, place or thing Examples: Teeth Sally Barcelona, Spain Non-Examples: Jump Beautiful quickly

Definition: a word that replaces a noun Pronoun Syllables: pro-noun(2) Definition: a word that replaces a noun Examples: He She It they Non-Examples: Sally Truck The class

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Subjects and Predicates Subjects and Predicates are parts of a sentence. You must always have a subject and predicate in a sentences to make it complete.

Subject Syllables: sub-ject (2) Definition: the part of a sentence stating the person or thing being discussed. Drawing: Examples: A dog A girl A tree Non-Example: Wagged Swimming Swayed

Tell who or what the sentences is about. Simple Subject Tell who or what the sentences is about. The boy The dentist The dog with three leg

We Do The gas station was closed yesterday. Who or what is the sentence about? Luckily for me, the book was easy to read. My grandfather loves to play chess

Ya’ll Do With a partner, I want you to circle the subject of the following sentences. Remember who or what the sentence is about. The fish swam upstream. The eye doctor checked my vision. The teacher called roll.

Predicate Definition: the part of a sentence or clause containing a verb and stating something about the subject. Drawing: Examples: Went walking Carved the turkey Jumped for joy Non-Examples: Girl Boy Tree

Tell what the subject did Simple Predicate Tell what the subject did took a walk pulled out a tooth slobbered on the kid

We Do The gas station was closed yesterday. What did the subject do? Luckily for me, the book was easy to read. My grandfather loves to play chess

Ya’ll Do With a partner, I want you to circle the predicate of the following sentences. Remember what the subject did. The fish swam upstream. The eye doctor checked my vision. The teacher called roll.

You Do! Ms. Burton lost her voice because she was sick. On your guided-notes there are 10 sentences. On your own, I want you to circle the simple subject and underline the simple predicate. Ex: Ms. Burton lost her voice because she was sick.