Subjects, predicates

A Subject

tells who or what the sentence is about.

Spider Man battles for justice.

Who battles for justice? The subject

The predicate tells wass’ up with the subject.

• The predicate tells what the subject does or has.

• The predicate can also describe what the

subject is or is like.

A sentence must have a subject and a predicate

and

express a complete thought.

(make sense)

The Complete Subject

Spider Man with his red cover-alls, mask, spinneret's, and green eyes was a fierce fighter.

The complete subject includes all of the words in the subject of the sentence.

The Complete Predicate

Spider Man with his red cover-alls, mask, spinneret's, and green eyes was a fierce fighter.

The complete predicate includes all of the words in the predicate of a sentence.

The Simple Subject

is the main word or group of words in the complete subject.

is usually a noun or pronoun.Spider Man in his mask

and cover-alls is a hero.

The Simple Predicate

is the main word or group of words in the complete predicate.

is always a verb.

Spider Man in his mask and cover-alls ran toward the robbers.

Finding Subjects

Declarative Sentences Most statements begin with the subject.

I am Rocky.

I am so cool.

This dog is mine.

Interrogative Sentence Order

Questions may begin with part or all of the predicate. The subject come next followed by the rest of the predicate.Have you seen a

dog?

Have I seen a dog?

Why do you ask?

Interrogative Sentences

When questions begin with part or all of the predicate, this is the P S P word order.

Have you seen a dog? P S P

Have I seen a dog? P S P

Why do you ask? P S P

To locate the subject of an interrogative

sentence,change the question into a declarative

sentence. (Make a statement.)Have you seen a dog?

QuestionYou have seen a dog. Statement

Have I seen a dog? Question

I have seen a dog. Statement

Why do you ask? Question You do ask why.

Statement

Sometimes sentences have inverted word order.

Most sentences have the subject at the beginning of the sentence and the predicate after the subject.

This is the S P sentence order

This is the P S sentence order.

Imperative SentenceIn requests and commands, the subject is usually not stated. The word you is understood to be the subject.

Catch that cat!

You

Compound Subjects (2 or+ subjects)

Compound Predicates (2 or+ verbs)

The cat and the dog are not buddies.

The cat hissed and spat.

The dog growled and barked.

Compound subjects and predicates (verbs)

Use and, but, or or to join the compound subjects and predicates.

When you have 3 or more subjects or 3 or more verbs: and, but, or or usually comes before only the last subject or predicate.

Wild Cat, Cool Dude, and Izzy

rule the Bumble’s house.

Wild Cat, Cool Dude, and Izzy

stalk, bite, and scratch the poor Bumbles!

Simple and CompoundSentences

You can put two simple sentences together and

make a compound sentence. WOW!

Wild Cat, Cool Dude, and Izzy are in a cat conspiracy,

butthe Bumbles don’t know it.