subjects, predicates sentences and tell me what is happening. who? wass’ up?
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Subjects, predicates
sentences
and
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Tell me what is happening.
Who?
Wass’ up?
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Who? Spider Man
Wass’ up? Is running after the bad guys
Spider Man is running after the bad guys!
This is a complete sentence.
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What must a complete sentence have ?
A subject Spider Man
A predicate
Is running after the bad guys
A sentence must also make sense.
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A Subject
tells who or what the sentence is about.
Spider Man battles for justice.
Who battles for justice? The subject
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The predicate tells wass’ up with the subject.
• The predicate tells what the subject does or has.
• The predicate can also describe what the
subject is or is like.
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Spider Man
fights for justice. (does)
has a strong web. (has)
is a hero. (is)
is brave. (is like)
These are predicates.
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A sentence must have a subject and a predicate
and
express a complete thought.
(make sense)
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A sentence fragment …
o does not express a complete thought.
o may be missing a subject.
o may be missing a predicate.
o may be missing both.
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Spider Man with a red cover-all
So… wass’ up with Spider Man in his red cover-alls?
What is missing? The subject or the predicate?
OK! The predicate!
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…fights for justice and the good guys.
OK… Who fights for justice and the good guys?
What’s missing?Right! Spider Man!What is Spider
Man? The Subject
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…for justice and the good guys
What is missing?
the who or what?
the wass’ up?
or
both?
OK!BOTH!
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The Complete Subject
Spider Man with his red cover-alls, mask, spinneret's, and green eyes was a fierce fighter.
The complete subject includes all of the words in the subject of the sentence.
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The Complete Predicate
Spider Man with his red cover-alls, mask, spinneret's, and green eyes was a fierce fighter.
The complete predicate includes all of the words in the predicate of a sentence.
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The Simple Subject
is the main word or group of words in the complete subject.
is usually a noun or pronoun.Spider Man in his mask
and cover-alls is a hero.
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The Simple Predicate
is the main word or group of words in the complete predicate.
is always a verb.
Spider Man in his mask and cover-alls ran toward the robbers.
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Finding Subjects
Declarative Sentences Most statements begin with the subject.
I am Rocky.
I am so cool.
This dog is mine.
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Interrogative Sentence Order
Questions may begin with part or all of the predicate. The subject come next followed by the rest of the predicate.Have you seen a
dog?
Have I seen a dog?
Why do you ask?
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Interrogative Sentences
When questions begin with part or all of the predicate, this is the P S P word order.
Have you seen a dog? P S P
Have I seen a dog? P S P
Why do you ask? P S P
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To locate the subject of an interrogative
sentence,change the question into a declarative
sentence. (Make a statement.)Have you seen a dog?
QuestionYou have seen a dog. Statement
Have I seen a dog? Question
I have seen a dog. Statement
Why do you ask? Question You do ask why.
Statement
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Sometimes sentences have inverted word order.
Most sentences have the subject at the beginning of the sentence and the predicate after the subject.
This is the S P sentence order
This is the P S sentence order.
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Inverted Word Order (The subject is not first.)
Holding the mouse’s tail was a cat!
Whom or what is the sentence about?The subject is
the cat.
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Imperative SentenceIn requests and commands, the subject is usually not stated. The word you is understood to be the subject.
Catch that cat!
You
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Compound Subjects (2 or+ subjects)
Compound Predicates (2 or+ verbs)
The cat and the dog are not buddies.
The cat hissed and spat.
The dog growled and barked.
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Compound subjects and predicates (verbs)
Use and, but, or or to join the compound subjects and predicates.
When you have 3 or more subjects or 3 or more verbs: and, but, or or usually comes before only the last subject or predicate.
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Wild Cat, Cool Dude, and Izzy
rule the Bumble’s house.
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Wild Cat, Cool Dude, and Izzy
stalk, bite, and scratch the poor Bumbles!
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Simple and CompoundSentences
You can put two simple sentences together and
make a compound sentence. WOW!
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Wild Cat, Cool Dude, and Izzy are in a cat conspiracy,
butthe Bumbles don’t know it.
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Run-On Sentences Oh, no!
A run-on sentence is two or more sentences incorrectly written as one sentence.
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To correct a run-on sentence,
write separate sentences, or combine
the sentences.
If you combine the sentences, use either a
semicolon alone
or a comma with and, or, or but.
;
, conjunction
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Wild Cat, Cool Dude, and Izzy hope you are a sentence wizard in Mrs. Dyer’s class.
So long.