Subject and Predicate
Identify the complete subject: The little girl with the red hat ran down the street.
The little girl with the red hat
What is the simple subject?
“The big brown bear roared.”
bear
What is the simple predicate?
“ The cat sleeps all day.”
sleeps
Is this a sentence or a fragment?
“After school ended.”
Fragment
What is a run-on sentence?
Two or more sentences joined incorrectly without punctuation or a conjunction.
Identify the complete predicate: My brother baked a chocolate cake.
baked a chocolate cake
Find the simple subject:
“ Several students from my class won the award.”
students
Find the simple predicate:
“ My mom quickly drove to the store.”
drove
What is missing in this fragment: “Running down the hallway.”
A subject (Who is running?)
Is this a run-on?
I like pizza I eat it every Friday.
Yes
What are the subject and predicate? The dog barked loudly at the mailman.
Subject: The dog
Predicate: barked loudly at the mailman
True or False:
The simple subject includes all describing words.
False
What is the simple predicate in this sentence?
“We are going to the beach tomorrow.”
are going
Turn this fragment into a complete sentence:
“When the lights went out.”
Example: When the lights went out, we lit a candle.
Fix this run-on:
She was late she missed the bus.
She was late because she missed the bus. or She was late. She missed the bus.
True or False:
Every complete sentence must have a subject and a predicate.
True
Identify the simple subject:
“My best friend in the whole world loves books.”
friend
Is this a simple predicate:
“ran quickly”?
Why or why not?
No, just “ran” is the simple predicate.
Fragment or sentence: The girl laughed.
Sentence
True or False:
A sentence with “and” is always correct.
False (Needs proper punctuation!)
Fix this: “Ran around the house.”
What is missing?
A subject.
(Example fix: The dog ran around the house.)
What is the simple subject in this question?
“Did the boy eat lunch?”
boy
Identify the simple predicate:
“The tired players had been practicing all day.”
had been practicing
Why is this a fragment?
“Because he forgot his homework.”
It’s a dependent clause and doesn't express a complete thought.
Make this a correct sentence:
“He didn’t study he failed the test.”
He didn’t study, so he failed the test.