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Class Objectives:
The Parts Define the sentence and its parts (subjects and predicates).
of a
Define the sentence fragments.
Sentence
Differentiate sentences from sentence fragments.
Tuesday, March 15, 2022 • Identify simple and complete subjects.

• Identify simple and complete predicates.

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A sentence begins with a capital letter

and ends with a period, a question
mark, or an exclamation point.

Sean was chosen captain of his soccer team.

A sentence is a word group
that contains a subject and
The Sentence
a verb and that expresses a Have you ever seen a Broadway musical?
complete thought.

What a thrilling adventure!

Stop!
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Examples of Sentences and Sentence Fragments

Sentence The old tree in the front yard.
fragment
Sentence The old tree is still standing in the front yard.
A sentence Fragment is a word group that
Sentence looks like a sentence but does not contain both Sentence Upon hearing the good news.
a subject and a verb or does not express a fragment
Fragment complete idea.
Sentence Upon hearing the good news, the audience applauded.

Sentence Even though she had worked on it a long time.

fragment
Sentence Louis Nevelson had not completed the sculpture even thoguh
she had worked on it a long time.
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Pair work The Subject and The Predicate

1. ____ Standing in the hall by the fountain. Some sentences consists of two basic parts:
2. ____ After walking for days across the desert. subjects and predicates.
3. ____ Do you believe that lightning never strikes the same
place twice?
4. ____ On the lawn in front of the school. The subject tells whom or what the sentence is
5. ____ We made popcorn to take to the drive-in movie. about.
6. ____ The weather was good yesterday in the morning. The predicate says something about the subject.
7. ____ When the storm was over.

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Examples of Subjects and Predicates

In the following examples, the subjects are
separated from the predicates by blue vertical
Coyotes were howling in the distance.
lines. Notice that the subject and the predicate
may be only one word each, or they may be more
than one word.

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Examples of Subjects and Predicates Examples of Subjects and Predicates

The telephone in the lobby rang. The woman wearing the red blouse is my aunt.

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Examples of Subjects and Predicates

In the three examples of the previous slides, the The eager scientist examined the cave.

words that appear to the left of the vertical line Examples of Does Bryan´s car have a CD player?
make up the complete subject. The words to the
Subjects
On the table stood a silver vase.
right of the vertical line make up the complete
predicate.
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The Subject
The Subject
The main word or word group that tells whom
or what the sentence is about is called the Example:
simple subject.
The supportive and enthusiastic crowd cheered for the marathon runners.
The complete subject consists of the simple
subject and any words phrases, or clauses that Simple subject: crowd
modify the simple subject.
Complete subject: The supportive and enthusiastic crowd
In this class, the term subject generally refers to the simple subject
unless otherwise indicated.

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The Subject The Subject: Practice

Example: Example:

Did you make the grits, Travis? A black wolf was baying at the moon.

Simple subject: you Simple subject: wolf

Complete Subject: you Complete subject: A black wolf

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The Predicate The Predicate

The simple predicate, or verb, is the main word or word
group that tells something about the subject. Example:

The complete predicate consists of a verb and all the words The ambulance raced out of the hospital driveway and down the street.
that describe the verb and complete its meaning.
Simple predicate: raced

Complete predicate: raced out of the hospital driveway and down the
street

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The Predicate The predicate: Practice

Example: Example:

Are you following Mr. Silver´s advice? Diego may have borrowed my book.

Simple predicate: Are following Simple predicate: may have borrowed

Complete predicate: Are following Mr. Silver´s advice Complete predicate may have borrowed my book

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Pair work Finding the Subject

Let’s go to Quizizz! To find the subject of a sentence, find the verb first. Then, ask
“who?” or “what?” before the verb.
Example:

Here you can swim year-round.

The verb is can swim.
Who can swim? You
You is the subject.

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Finding the Subject Finding the Subject

To find the subject of a sentence, find the verb first. Then, ask To find the subject of a sentence, find the verb first. Then, ask “who?” or
“who?” or “what?” before the verb. “what?” before the verb.
Example: Example:

There is Aunt Ivory´s new truck. Please close the window.

What is there? Truck is. Who is to close the window? You are. That is, the person spoken to.
Truck is the subject. You is the subject

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Finding the Subject Prepositional Phrases

To find the subject of a sentence, find the verb first. Then, ask The subject of a verb is never in a prepositional phrase.
“who?” or “what?” before the verb. Examples:
Example:
Most of the women voted in the past elections.
The frog jumped into the pond. Who voted? Most voted.
What jumped? The frog jumped. Women is the object in the prepositional phrase of the women.
Frog is the subject. Most is the subject of the sentence.

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Prepositional Phrases Prepositional Phrases

The subject of a verb is never in a prepositional phrase. The subject of a verb is never in a prepositional phrase.
Examples: Examples:

One of the parakeets in the pet shop looks like ours. Are two of the books missing?
What looks? One looks. What are missing? Two are missing.
Parakeets and pet shop are each part of a prepositional phrase.
One is the subject of the sentence.

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Sentences That Ask Questions Sentences That Asks Questions

Questions often begin with a verb, a helping verb, or
interrogative pronouns such as what, where, when, how, How is the movie different from the book?
or why.
Where is the CD?

The subject of a question usually follows the verb or Does she have an apartment?
helping verb.
In questions that begin with a helping verb, like the third example
above, the subject comes between the helping verb and the main
verb.

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Sentences Beginning with There or Here Sentences Beginning with There or Here
Examples:
The word there or here is almost never the subject of a
sentence. Both there and here may be used as adverbs There are my cousins.
telling where. To find the subject in a sentence beginning Who are there? Cousins are

with there or here, ask “Who?” or “What?” before the verb Here is your backpack.
and the adverb. What is here? Backpack is

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Sentences Beginning with There or Here The Understood Subject

Sometimes there starts a sentence but does not tell where. In
this use, there is not an adverb but an expletive. An expletive In a request or a command, the subject of a sentence is usually
is a word that fills out a sentence´s structure but does not add not stated. In such sentences, you is the understood subject.
to its meaning. Examples:

Please answer the phone.

There are insects in our garden.
Expletive subjects prepositional phrase working as an adverb.
Listen carefully to his question.
Insects are in our garden.

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Compound Subjects Compound Subjects

A compound subject consists of two or more subjects that Examples
are joined by a conjunction and that have the same verb.
Anthony and Maya baked the bread.
The conjunctions most commonly used to connect the
words of a compound subject are and and or.
Anthony, Pamela, and Maya baked the bread.

Either Anthony or Maya baked the bread.

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Compound Verbs
A compound verb consists of two or more verbs that are joined
by a conjunction and that have the same subject.
Examples:
1. Tony sings, acts, and dances in the show.
2. Richard entered the tournament and won first place.
3. Robert and Gary ran in the park and swam in the pool.

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