The News About Sentences!
A Sentence MUST! Have a subject and a predicate. Be a complete thought. Make sense!
What is the Subject? who or what
what the subject does or is What is the Predicate? what the subject does or is
Yes! Nick Nick goes to the beach everyday. Does the sentence have a subject? Yes! Nick
Yes! goes to the beach Nick goes to the beach everyday. Does the sentence have a predicate? Yes! goes to the beach
The true name for a simple sentence is … Nick goes to the beach everyday. Independent Clause Does the sentence make sense? Yes! So this is a sentence!
Bob reports the local news. _______ subject Does this sentence have a subject? Yes, Bob is the subject.
Bob reports the local news. ________ subject _____________ predicate Does the sentence have a predicate? Yes, reports is the predicate.
Bob reports the local news. ________ subject _____________ predicate Does the sentence make a complete thought that makes sense? Yes, it does It is a sentence!
Linda Park my favorite weather lady. _____________ subject Does this sentence have a subject? Yes, Linda Park is the subject
Linda Park my favorite news lady. _________________ subject Does this sentence have a predicate? No, it doesn’t. This is not a sentence. It is a sentence fragment. A sentence fragment is an not a complete sentence.. There is information missing. It does NOT make sense!
It is a sentence fragment. Traveled to New York. Does this sentence have a subject? No, it is missing the subject. Who traveled to New York? No one knows. This is not a sentence. It is a sentence fragment.
Let’s go back to the beach for… Sentences can be : SUBJECT PREDICATE or PREDICATE SUBJECT Let’s go back to the beach for… Examples
Holding the microphone on the beach was difficult for Bob. PREDICATE SUBJECT
SUBJECT PREDICATE PREDICATE SUBJECT Rostyslav swims at the beach. PREDICATE PREDICATE SUBJECT Swimming at the beach is Rostyslav’s favorite sport.
Now let’s go back to the studio to learn about compound subjects and compound predicates in an independent clause.
Bob and Linda are friends. Compound Subjects 2 or more subjects Bob and Linda are friends. SUBJECT The subject is Bob and Linda That’s easy!
yells, sweats, and gets nervous Compound Predicates 2 or more predicates When Bob is out on an assignment, he yells, sweats and gets nervous. yells, sweats, and gets nervous COMPOUND PREDICATE
Write the following sentences Write the following sentences. Then identify the subject and the predicate. (Look for compound) 1. Jeremy and Sebastian talk about winter sports. 2. Elaaf, Rostyslav, and Dev enjoy skiing, skating and snow boarding. 3. Akshat and Shruti prefer water skiing in the summer. 4. Snow skiing, ice-skating, and snow boarding are all winter sports. 5. Skiing on snow is more fun for Rostyslav and Ori. 6. Skating on ice and snow boarding are new sports for Sebastian and Ravi.
1. Jeremy and Sebastian talk about winter sports. SUBJECT PREDICATE
2. Elaaf, Rostyslav and Dev enjoy skiing, skating and snow boarding. SUBJECT PREDICATE PREDICATE
enjoy water skiing in the summer. 3. Akshat and Shruti enjoy water skiing in the summer. SUBJECT PREDICATE
4. Snow skiing, ice-skating, and snow boarding are all winter sports. SUBJECT PREDICATE
Skiing on snow is more fun for Rostyslav and Ori. PREDICATE SUBJECT
Skating on ice and snow boarding are new sports for Sebastian and Ravi. PREDICATE SUBJECT