Every sentence starts with a capitol letter and ends with a stop sign. (. ! ?)
The subject names the person, place, or thing that the whole sentence is about.
The action of the sentence is called the predicate.
A bare bone sentence is one that has a subject and a predicate, but no meat.
This expands the predicate by answering how, when, where, or why. This is where the 4 come from in the predicate symbol. How Where When Why
The connector is used to connect single words, parts of word, and sentences. (and, or, but)
Subject describers are words that describe the subject.
These are words that substitute for the name of the subject.
These words have very meaning of their own; they need a completer to equal a complete thought. AmHaveWasMay IsHasWereMight AreHadCanMust BeDoCouldWill BeingDoesWouldShall BeenDidShould
Jack runs in the park. Capital lettersubjectpredicate predicate expanderstop sign
Mom is going to the store to buy bread. Capital letter subject bound predicate predicate expander predicate expander stop sign
Boys and girls work hard every day in first grade.
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