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LANGUAGESentences
Subjects - Predicates
Punctuation
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SENTENCES
When you read this, you are reading a sentence. Now you are reading another sentence. What is a sentence?
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A sentence is a group of words that tells a
complete thought. A sentence is a group
of words that make sense.
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Look at these groups
of words.
Are they sentences?
1. Jennifer walks to the beach.
2. She takes her dog with her.
3. in the water
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Number 1 is a complete thought.
Jennifer walks to the beach.
Every sentence must start with a capital letter and ends with a
punctuation mark.
A sentence tells a complete thought.
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Number 2 is also a sentence. It tells you a
complete thought.She takes her dog with her.
It also starts with a capital letter and ends
with a period.
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Number 3 is not a sentence. It does not
tell you a complete thought. It leaves you
with questions.in the water
What is in the water?
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Number 3 is a phrase. We can add words to make it a complete
sentence.
Change, “in the water,” to a complete
sentence.
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SUBJECTS
Every sentence must have a subject.
The subject is the who or what the sentence is about.
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Jennifer walks her dog.
To find the subject ask: who or what.
Who walks the dog?
Jennifer walks the dog. Jennifer is the subject.
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PREDICATE
After you find the subject it is easy to find the predicate. The predicate is just about all of the other
words in the sentence.
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Jennifer walks her dog.Jennifer is the subject.
“walks her dog,”is the predicate.
The predicate is the verb and the words
after the verb.
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Can you find the subject and the predicate in the
sentence below?Remember: the subject
tells you who or what.The predicate is the verb
and the words after the verb.
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STOP Lauren swims in the
water.• Circle the subject.
• Underline the predicate.
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STOPEmmaly rode her blue
bike in the street. Circle the subject.
Underline the predicate.
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Sometimes a subject has more than one
word.
See if you can find the subject in the next
sentence.
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Our new teacher has long brown hair.
Remember to ask: who or what?
Who has long brown hair?
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If you guessed, our new teacher,
you are right!
Sometimes extra words are used to describe
the subject.
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STOP – Find the subject.
My little grandbaby
Madison has blue eyes.
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Can you find the subject and the predicate of the
next sentence?Subject: who or what
Predicate: verb and words after the verb
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STOP Circle the complete subject.
Underline the complete
predicate.
The alien spaceship
landed at our school.
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Rules for Writing Sentences
Rule 1. Every sentence must begin with a capital letter.
Rule 2. Every sentence must end with a punctuation mark.
Use different marks for different kinds of sentences.
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. ? !You use a period to end
sentences that tell something.
Sentences that ask questions end with question marks.
Sentences that show excitement end with an exclamation mark!
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Now it is your turn.
See if you can pick the correct punctuation for
the next sentences.
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We won __
What’s for lunch__
I got an A on the test__
My dog ate the plant__
Can you come over__
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Bonus: Find some complete sentences in books and magazines. Write down the sentences. Circle the complete subject and underline the complete predicate.