Subjects and Predicates
What is a subject?
A subject tells whom or what the sentence is about.
What is a sentence fragment?
A group of words that do not express a complete thought.
What are the three types of end punctuation?
period, exclamation point, question mark
Which of these is a common noun?
popsicle stick, run, Jim
popsicle stick
What is my favorite movie series?
What is a predicate?
A predicate is the main word(s) that tell what the subject is or does.
What is a run-on sentence?
A run-on sentence is two or more sentences run together with commas or without punctuation.
Declarative, Interrogative, Imperative, or Exclamatory?
Would Wednesday be a good day to practice your golf swing
Interrogative
Which of these words is an adjective for turtle?
jump, Tony, slow
slow
What is my cat's name?
Winnie
What is the complete subject in this sentence?
People in publishing know about correct punctuation.
People in publishing
Fragment, run-on, or complete sentence?
Bottles, pencils, wrappers, and other trash.
Fragment
Declarative, Interrogative, Imperative, or Exclamatory?
These golf clubs are the fanciest I've ever seen
Exclamatory
How man helping verbs are there?
23
M-A-I-E-R
What is the complete predicate in this sentence?
Confused readers may want to review the footnotes.
may want to review the footnotes
Fragment, run-on, or complete sentence?
The author read the final pages she was happy.
Run-on
Declarative, Interrogative, Imperative, or Exclamatory?
When her cousin arrives, they're going to go swimming.
Declarative
am, is, are, was, were
How many brothers and sisters do I have?
3 brothers
0 sisters
What is the compound subject in the following sentence?
The horse and her baby ran down the hill and the through the field.
the horse and her baby
Fragment, run-on, or complete sentence?
Recycling these materials here.
Fragment
Declarative, Interrogative, Imperative, or Exclamatory?
Help me look for my missing tennis balls
Imperative
What is the past tense form of the verb "run"?
ran
What country have I been to outside of the U.S.?
Jamaica