1. Simple Sentences
Subjects & Predicates

2. Simple Sentence Definition:
A sentence consisting of one clause, containing one subject and one predicate.
Example:
Football starts soon.

3. Subject
Definition:
the noun or pronoun engaging in the action of the verb
Example:
Football starts soon.

4. Predicate Definition:
the part of a sentence or clause containing a verb and stating something about the subject (a.k.a. the verb plus everything else).
Example:
Football starts soon.

5. The boy ate the green apple.
Practice
Identify the subject and predicate in the example below:
The boy ate the green apple.

6. Practice Continued Try the next three:
I need help with this math problem.
Next week my grandmother is visiting.
Sitting on the roof of my house was a big black bird.

7. Fragments Definition:
Cannot stand alone due to lack of subject, predicate, or both.
Example:
Even though the cake was dry and had very little icing.

8. How to Fix Fragments You add in the missing pieces!
Even though the cake was dry and had very little icing, I enjoyed it nonetheless.

9. Because his car was in the shop.
Practice
What’s missing in the fragment below?
Because his car was in the shop.

10. Run-Ons
Definition:
Two complete sentences (with 2 subjects and 2 predicates) that are fused together without proper punctuation.
Example:
I like to watch Fringe it is my new dinner show.

11. I like to watch Fringe. It is my new dinner show.
How to Fix run-ons
There are numerous ways to fix run-ons, but for right now, we’re going to just put a period in between the two clauses.
I like to watch Fringe. It is my new dinner show.

12. I think I broke my sewing machine the pedal doesn’t work anymore.
Practice
Where does one sentence end and the other begin?
I think I broke my sewing machine the pedal doesn’t work anymore.

13. Mixed Practice
Identify whether there is a complete sentence, a fragment, or a run-on below:
___ During an eclipse.
___ Mr. Bones was doing a jig.
___ Treehouse was a goofy game I played when I was a kid it
was from the 90s.

14. Simple Sentence Definition:
A sentence consisting of one clause, containing one subject and one predicate.
Example:
Football starts soon.

15. Subject
Definition:
the noun or pronoun engaging in the action of the verb
Example:
Football starts soon.

16. Predicate Definition:
the part of a sentence or clause containing a verb and stating something about the subject (a.k.a. the verb plus everything else).
Example:
Football starts soon.

17. The boy ate the green apple.
Practice
Identify the subject and predicate in the example below:
The boy ate the green apple.

18. Practice Continued Try the next three:
I need help with this math problem.
Next week my grandmother is visiting.
Sitting on the roof of my house was a big black bird.

19. Fragments Definition:
Cannot stand alone due to lack of subject, predicate, or both.
Example:
Even though the cake was dry and had very little icing.

20. How to Fix Fragments You add in the missing pieces!
Even though the cake was dry and had very little icing, I enjoyed it nonetheless.

21. Because his car was in the shop.
Practice
What’s missing in the fragment below?
Because his car was in the shop.

22. Run-Ons
Definition:
Two complete sentences (with 2 subjects and 2 predicates) that are fused together without proper punctuation.
Example:
I like to watch Fringe it is my new dinner show.

23. I like to watch Fringe. It is my new dinner show.
How to Fix run-ons
There are numerous ways to fix run-ons, but for right now, we’re going to just put a period in between the two clauses.
I like to watch Fringe. It is my new dinner show.

24. I think I broke my sewing machine the pedal doesn’t work anymore.
Practice
Where does one sentence end and the other begin?
I think I broke my sewing machine the pedal doesn’t work anymore.

25. Mixed Practice
Identify whether there is a complete sentence, a fragment, or a run-on below:
___ During an eclipse.
___ Mr. Bones was doing a jig.
___ Treehouse was a goofy game I played when I was a kid it
was from the 90s.