Kinds of Sentences
The ______ tells whom or what the sentence is about.
What is the subject?
The _______ tells what the subjects does or is.
What is the predicate?
The simple subject is one word and is ....
an adjective
an adverb
a noun
a verb
What is a noun?
The predicate is only one word and is ...
an adjective
an adverb
a noun
a verb
What is a verb?
What type of sentence is the following.
Did you see the tornado?
interrogative
What is the complete subject in the following sentence?
A tornado / looks like a dark funnel-shaped cloud.
A tornado
What is the complete predicate in the following sentence?
A tornado / looks like a dark funnel shaped cloud.
looks like a dark funnel shaped cloud
The complete subject is in italics. What is the simple subject?
About 700 tornadoes occur in the United States each year.
tornadoes
The complete predicate is in italics. What is the simple predicate?
Most tornadoes hit the midwestern states.
hit
What type of sentence is the following?
How lucky we were!
exclamatory
What is the complete subject in the following sentence?
Winds whirl around at high speeds.
Winds
What is the complete predicate in the following sentence?
Winds whirl around at high speeds.
whirl around at high speeds.
The complete subject is in italics. What is the simple subject?
These powerful storms damage everything in their path.
storms
The complete predicate is in italics. What is the simple predicate?
Certain weather conditions produce storms.
produce
A tornado hit town yesterday.
declarative
What is the complete subject in the following sentence?
These dangerous storms move in a narrow path across the earth.
These dangerous storms
What is the complete predicate in the following sentence?
These dangerous storms move in a narrow path across the earth.
move in a narrow path across the earth.
What is the simple subject in the following sentence?
The gusty winds uproot trees.
winds
What is the simple predicate in the following sentence?
Weather scientist track tornadoes.
track
Look at these photos.
Imperative
What is the complete subject in the following sentence?
The twisting cloud picks up dirt from the ground.
The twisting cloud
What is the complete predicate in the following sentence?
The twisting cloud picks up dirt from the ground.
picks up dirt from the ground.
What is the simple subject in the following sentence?
Some automobiles fly through the air for hundreds of feet.
automobiles
What is the simple predicate in the following sentence?
The scientists announce tornado warnings whenever possible.
announce