1. Complete Subjects and Predicates and Simple Subjects and Predicates

2. Lesson 2: Complete Subjects and Complete Predicates
A sentence has two parts – the complete subject and the complete predicate.
The complete subject includes all the words that tell whom or what the sentence is about.
The complete predicate includes all the words that tell what the subject does or is.
******A SENTENCE MUST HAVE BOTH PARTS TO STATE A COMPLETE IDEA!!!!!!*******

3. Lesson 2: Complete Subjects and Complete Predicates
Examples:
Complete Subject
Complete Predicate I
never lost a passenger.
My train
never ran off the track.
Those words
are Harriet Tubman’s.
Her daring rescues
became famous in the 1850’s.
Escape
was often difficult and dangerous.

4. Guided Practice
Directions: Identify the complete subject and the complete predicate of each sentence. Draw one line under the complete subject and two lines under the complete predicate.
Harriet Tubman was a “conductor” on the Underground Railroad.
This great woman guided runaway slaves.
The Underground Railroad showed the way to Canada.
Runaway slaves followed this route.
More than three hundred “passengers” traveled with Tubman.
Harriet Tubman escaped from slavery in 1849.

5. Lesson 3: Simple Subjects and Simple Predicates
The MAIN WORD or WORDS in the complete subject are called the simple subject.
The MAIN WORD or WORDS in the complete predicate are called the simple predicate, which IS ALWAYS A VERB!
A verb is a word that shows action.

6. Lesson 3: Simple Subjects and Simple Predicates
Examples:
Complete Subject
Complete Predicate
My name
is Theseus. I
am the prince of Athens.
Our nation
has conquered an enemy.
King Minos of Crete
was taking our warriors.
His terrible monster
threatened our people.

7. Guided Practice Fourteen teenagers sailed for Crete.
Directions: Find the simple subject in each sentence. Then find the simple predicate. Draw one line under the simple subject and two lines under the simple predicate.
Fourteen teenagers sailed for Crete.
The king’s monster would devour them there!
Our people feared this evil Minotaur.
The time for action had come.
I can destroy this monstrous Minotaur!