T3: Daily Grammar Tool Sharpening
  • Grade 9
    • Unit 1: Vocabulary >
      • #1 Synonyms, Antonyms, Homonyms
      • #2 Prefixes, Roots and Suffixes
      • #3 Contractions
      • #4 Compound Words
      • #5 Connotation and Denotation
      • #6 Idioms
    • Unit 2: Parts of Speech >
      • Parts of Speech Grammar Review Game
    • Unit 3: Sentences >
      • Subjects and Predicates
      • Direct Objects
      • Indirect Objects
      • Subject Complements
      • Types of Sentences
      • Independent and Subordinate Clauses
      • #9 Commonly Confused Words
      • Sentence Fragments
      • Run-On Sentences
      • Comma Splice Errors
    • Unit 4: Punctuation >
      • Capitalization
      • End Punctuation
      • Commas
      • Quotation Marks
      • Punctuating Dialogue
      • Apostrophes
      • Dashes
      • Hyphens
      • Semicolons
      • Colons
      • Parentheses
      • Elipsis Points
  • Grade 10
    • Unit 1: Vocabulary >
      • #1 Greek and Latin Word Origins
      • #2 Prefixes & Suffixes
      • #3 Homophones
      • #4 Idioms
      • #5 Colloquialisms and Slang
      • #6 Connotation and Denotation
      • #7 Figurative Language
      • Lesson #8 Symbols
    • Unit 2: Parts of Speech >
      • Nouns
      • SINGULAR AND PLURAL NOUNS
      • Verbs
      • Basic Verb Tenses
      • Subject-Verb Agreement
      • Active and Passive Voice
      • Pronouns and Antecedents
      • Lesson 8: Personal Pronouns
      • Lesson #9: Relative and Reflexive Pronouns
      • Lesson #10: Using Who/Whom
      • Lesson 11: Adjectives
      • Lesson 12: Comparing with Adjectives
      • Lesson 13: Adverbs
      • Lesson 14: Comparing with Adverbs
    • Unit 3: Sentences >
      • # 11 Identifying Types of Sentences
      • Natural Order and Inverted Order Sentences
      • Sentence Fragments
      • Run-On Sentences and Comma Splice Errors
    • Unit 4: Punctuation >
      • #1 Using Capital Letters
      • #2 Using End Punctuation
      • #3 Commas
      • #4 Punctuating Quotations
      • #5 Quotation Marks, Italics, and Underlining
      • #6 Apostrophes
      • #7 Dashes and Parentheses
      • #8 Hyphens
      • # 9 Semicolons and Colons
  • Grade 11
    • Unit 1: Vocabulary >
      • #1 Origins
      • #2 Morphemes
      • #3 Standard and Non-Standard English
      • #4 Canadian Spelling
      • #5 Denotation & Connotation
      • #6 Figurative Language
      • #7 Academic and Literary Vocabulary
      • #8 Clichés, Jargon, and Redundant Language
      • #9 Commonly Confused Words
    • Unit 2 >
      • Sentence Fragments
      • Run-On Sentences & Comma Splice Errors
    • Unit 3 >
      • Types of Sentences
    • Unit 4: Punctuation >
      • #1 Commas
      • #2 Punctuating Quotations
      • #3 Punctuating Titles
      • #4 Apostrophes
      • #5 Dashes and Parentheses
      • #6 Hyphens
      • #7 Semicolons & Colons
  • Grade 12
    • Unit 1: VOCABULARY >
      • Word Origins
      • Roots, Prefixes, and Suffixes
      • Standard and Non-Standard English
      • Canadian Spelling
      • Denotation and Connotation
      • Figurative Language
      • Clichés
      • Redundant Language
      • Commonly Confused Words
    • Unit 2: Parts of Speech >
      • Nouns
      • Verbs
      • Tenses
      • Verbals
      • Adjectives and Adverbs
      • Prepositions
      • Modifiers
      • Parallel Structure
    • Unit 3: Sentences >
      • Subject and Predicates >
        • Continued Simple Subjects and Predicates
        • Con't Compound Subjects and Predicates
      • Direct Objects
      • Indirect Objects
      • Subject Complement
      • Phrases and Clauses
      • Independent and Subordinate Clauses
      • Sentence Structure
      • Co-ordination and Subordination
      • Restrictive and Non-Restrictive Elements
      • Sentence Variety
      • Sentence Fragments
      • Run-on Sentences and Comma Splice Errors
    • Unit 4: Punctuation >
      • Comma
      • Semicolons and Colons
      • Parentheses and Dashes
      • Punctuating Quotations
      • Ellipses AND Square Brackets
      • Punctuating Titles
      • Apostrophes
      • Hyphens
  • Workplace/OLC
    • Unit 1: Vocabulary >
      • Lesson 1: Root Words
      • Lesson 2: Prefixes/Suffixes
      • Lesson 3: Synonyms/Antonyms
      • Lesson 4: Slang and Jargon
      • Lesson 5: Standard English
      • Lesson 6: Formal or Informal Language?
      • Lesson 7: Similes
      • Lesson 8: Metaphors
      • Lesson 9: Personification
      • Lesson 10: Borrowed Words
    • Unit 2 : Spelling, Capitalization, Punctuation >
      • Lesson 1:Spelling
      • Lesson 2: End Punctuation
      • Lesson 3: Commas
      • Lesson 4: Colons and Semi Colons

SUBJECTS AND PREDICATES

Learning Goal: In this lesson, you will understand the basic parts needed to form a sentence: subject and predicates.

Subjects and Predicates: The Recipe for a Sentence

Every sentence must contain a simple subject and a simple predicate. The subject is a noun (person- Mr. Morton, place-school, or thing-cat,)  or pronoun (word that takes the place of a noun, pronoun, or thing examples are: I, it, she, he, etc.). The predicate is the verb part of the sentence. 

To find the subject and predicate in a sentence, ask yourself these questions:
      1. What is happening in this sentence? This information will point you to the predicate.
      2. Who or what is doing this (the predicate)? This information will point you to the subject.  


In command statement, the subject is not stated but implied. 
      Example: "Stop" - you would realize that I needed you to stop immediately.


Now think of the shortest complete sentence that exists in the English language.
HINT: IT IS A COMMAND.


Answer: Go.  This is a complete sentence because it has the implied subject you. 
To indicate that you recognize the implied subject, simply place the "you" in square brackets at the front of the sentence. 
[You] go.  

                                         
Complete subject and complete predicate: 


The complete subject includes all words that tell who or what the subject is. 
Example: Most birds | can fly. 
The complete predicate includes all words that state the action or condition of the subject. 
Example: Most birds | can fly. 

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Practice: (in your notebook or a word doc)

Directions: Draw a line between the complete subject and the complete predicate in 
the following sentences.  


Example: The dusty old car | won’t start anymore. 


1)  I want a new car. 
2)  James is nice. 
3)  The sun is moving. 
4)  Max wrote the letter. 
5)  The letter was written by Max. 
6)  The farmers are plowing the field. 
7)  Billy Reynolds is an amazing baseball player.  
8)  The storm clouds are getting darker. 
9)  Dogs, cats, and turtles make the best pets. 
10)  The stern judge ruled that the defendant was not guilty. 
11)  Only I am able to know what I am thinking. 
12)  All of the townspeople ran from the burning building. 
13)  His broken leg will heal in three months. 
14)  The saber toothed tiger is a good example of an extinct predator. 


Click here for Answers


More Practice...


Directions: Now try to write two sentences of your own. Draw a line between the 
complete subject and the complete predicate. 


1) _____________________________________________________________________ 



2) _____________________________________________________________________

  
Sources:
Language Power J. Toronto: Gage, 2003. Print.
English Worksheets. N.p., n.d. Web. 2 Apr. 2014. <http://englishforeveryone.org/>.
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