Subject and Predicate

Underline the subject with red color, the predicate with green color and
circle the verbs in the following sentences:

1. The sun shines brightly.

2. The dogs bark loudly.

3. The pretty girl wears a black dress.

4. My brother is a soldier.

5. The man and his wife worked in the garden.

6. My mother and aunt are classical dancers.

7. You don’t have to wait for me.

8. The tree was covered with flowers.

9. My mother is very beautiful.

10. I like to play football.

Types of sentences

Choose the correct type of sentences.

1. Mrs. Williams went to the store.

a) Imperative c) Interrogative
b) Declarative d) Exclamatory

2. Don’t eat candy before diner.

a) Imperative c) Interrogative
b) Declarative d) Exclamatory
3. Do your homework.
a) Imperative c) Interrogative
b) Declarative d) Exclamatory
4. Happy birthday Samantha!
a) Imperative c) Interrogative
b) Declarative d) Exclamatory
5. Do you like chocolate?
a) Imperative c) Interrogative
b) Declarative d) Exclamatory
6. My grandmother likes to cook.
a) Imperative c) Interrogative
b) Declarative d) Exclamatory
7. You got 10/10 in your exam!
a) Imperative c) Interrogative
b) Declarative d) Exclamatory
8. How are you today?
a) Imperative c) Interrogative
b) Declarative d) Exclamatory

9. Her favorite animal is the dog.

a) Imperative c) Interrogative
b) Declarative d) Exclamatory

10. Stop that!

a) Imperative c) Interrogative
b) Declarative d) Exclamatory
 Identifying proper and common nouns

Identify the underlined word in each sentence as a proper or common noun.

Write “P” for proper or “c” for common nouns.
 Singular vs Plural Nouns

Find the underlined nouns in the sentences below. Write an “s” if the noun is
Singular or a “p” if the noun is plural.
 Answers

Subject and Predicate.

Explicación: el subject (sujeto) es la persona que lleva a cabo una acción, una
vez que se identifica el sujeto de la oración, lo que queda es el predicate
(predicado). El verb es la acción que realiza el sujeto.

1. The sun shines brightly.

2. The dogs bark loudly.
3. The pretty girl wears a black dress.
4. My brother is a soldier.
5. The man and his wife worked in the garden. *Este es un sujeto compuesto,
porque esas dos personas son las que realizan la acción.
6. My mother and aunt are classical dancers. *Este es un sujeto compuesto,
porque esas dos personas son las que realizan la acción.
7. You don’t have to wait for me.
8. The tree was covered with flowers.
9. My mother is very beautiful.
10. I like to play football.

Types of sentences

Explicación: hay cuatro tipos principales de oraciones, la primera es la

Declarative (declarativa), este tipo de oración es la que usamos comúnmente,
la oración “normal”. Por ejemplo:

Me gusta el pastel de chocolate.

Mi mamá es bonita.

El Segundo tipo es la Imperative (imperativa), son aquellas que se utilizan para

dar órdenes. Por ejemplo:

¡Pórtate bien!

No te portes mal.
 El tercer tipo son las Interrogatives (interrogativas). Son preguntas, el tip para
identificarlas es buscar el question mark (?).

El cuarto tipo son las exclamativas, estas se usan para expresar emociones o
para mencionar cosas importantes. El tip para identificarlas es buscar el
exclamation mark (!).

Choose the correct type of sentences.

1. Mrs. Williams went to the store.

e) Imperative g) Interrogative
f) Declarative h) Exclamatory

2. Don’t eat candy before diner.

a) Imperative c) Interrogative
b) Declarative d) Exclamatory
3. Do your homework.
a) Imperative c) Interrogative
b) Declarative d) Exclamatory
4. Happy birthday Samantha!
a) Imperative c) Interrogative
b) Declarative d) Exclamatory
5. Do you like chocolate?
a) Imperative c) Interrogative
b) Declarative d) Exclamatory
6. My grandmother likes to cook.

a) Imperative c) Interrogative
b) Declarative d) Exclamatory
7. You got 10/10 in your exam!

a) Imperative c) Interrogative
b) Declarative d) Exclamatory
8. How are you today?
a) Imperative b) Declarative
 c) Interrogative d) Exclamatory

9. Her favorite animal is the dog.

a) Imperative c) Interrogative
b) Declarative d) Exclamatory

10. Stop that!

a) Imperative *Puede ser ambas, debido a que da una

b) Declarative orden, pero también tiene el signo de

c) Interrogative exclamación.

d) Exclamatory

Identifying Proper and common nouns

Los “common nouns” son aquellos que se escriben en minúscula, por ejemplo:

restaurant, school, boy(restaurante, escuela, niño, etc).

Los “Proper nouns” se escriben con mayúscula, normalmente se utilizan para

nombres.

Chili’s, Instituo Moderno Americano, Mariano, etc.

 Singular vs. Plural Nouns

Los sustantivos singulares son los que hablan de una sola cosa, persona, lugar o
animal. Los Plurales hablan de varias personas, lugares, animales o cosas. En la
mayoría de los casos, identificas a los Plural nouns porque terminan en “s”. En
algunos casos, cuando los nouns son plural, cambian. Por ejemplo:

strawberry ->strawberries