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Lesson 8 Subjects&Predicates

This document provides a grammar lesson on identifying subjects and predicates in sentences. It explains that every complete sentence contains a subject and predicate, with the subject being the who or what of the sentence and the predicate revealing something about the subject. It provides examples of identifying subjects and predicates, and discusses different types of sentences like imperative, compound subjects and predicates, and sentences beginning with "there". The goal is to practice identifying subjects and predicates in sample sentences.

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Lesson 8 Subjects&Predicates

This document provides a grammar lesson on identifying subjects and predicates in sentences. It explains that every complete sentence contains a subject and predicate, with the subject being the who or what of the sentence and the predicate revealing something about the subject. It provides examples of identifying subjects and predicates, and discusses different types of sentences like imperative, compound subjects and predicates, and sentences beginning with "there". The goal is to practice identifying subjects and predicates in sample sentences.

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Common Core Skills Practice:

Grammar Lesson #8
Adapted from resources by Frances Peck available on:
Univ. of Ottawa: arts.uottawa.ca/writcent/hypergrammar/subjpred.html
Complete Sentences
Every complete sentence contains two
essential parts:
! Subject (the what/whom of a sentence)
! {Predicate} (reveals something about
the subject)
Example:
Billy {jogs}.
Billy and his brother {jog on the
boardwalk every Tuesday}.
Subject & Predicate
! An easy way to figure out the subject of a
sentence is to identify the verb and asking
who? or what performs the verbs action
the subject.
! The {predicate}, which always includes the
verb, continues to further reveal something
about the subjectwhat about the subject?
Practicing Identification:
The students littered the classroom floor with
pencil shavings and paper fringe.
Imperative Sentences
! These sentences give a command/order
! The subject is always you, which is
implied, but not stated.

Practicing Identification:
Clap your hands.
Turn in your paper with corrections.
There + being verbs
! Caution is needed when determining a
subject of a sentence that begins with
There followed by a form of to be
! There is not the subject; it signals that
the subject will follow the being verb.
Practicing Identification:
There were two baby raccoons trembling
with fright under our deck this evening.
Simple Subject
! Each sentence subject is built around
one or more nouns or pronouns.
! When a subject is stripped of modifiers,
its known as the simple subject.
Example:
A slice of supreme pizza would satisfy her
cravings.
Simple {Predicate}
! A predicate can also be reduced to a
simpler form.
! In the previous example, what was the
verb?
Example:
A slice of supreme pizza {would satisfy}
her cravings.
Compound Subject
! Its a simple subject consisting of
more than one noun or pronoun.
Practicing Identification:
! Postcards, movie posters, and candid
photos of her friends covered
Tanishas floral wallpaper.
Compound {Predicate}
! These have more than one verb
pertaining to the same subject.
Practicing Identification:
! They sighed and walked quickly past
the disturbing photos that depicted
the effects of war.

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