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Subjects, predicates
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A Subject
tells who or what the sentence is about.
Spider Man battles for justice.
Who battles for justice? The subject
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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.
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A sentence must have a subject and a predicate
and
express a complete thought.
(make sense)
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Finding Subjects
Declarative Sentences Most statements begin with the subject.
I am Rocky.
I am so cool.
This dog is mine.
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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?
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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
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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
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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.
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Imperative SentenceIn requests and commands, the subject is usually not stated. The word you is understood to be the subject.
Catch that cat!
You
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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.
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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.
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Wild Cat, Cool Dude, and Izzy
rule the Bumble’s house.
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Wild Cat, Cool Dude, and Izzy
stalk, bite, and scratch the poor Bumbles!
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Simple and CompoundSentences
You can put two simple sentences together and
make a compound sentence. WOW!
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Wild Cat, Cool Dude, and Izzy are in a cat conspiracy,
butthe Bumbles don’t know it.