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What is the subject in this sentence?
David and Jessy ride to school daily.
David and Jessy
What is the predicate in this sentence?
David and Jessy ride to school daily.
ride to school daily
Which would be the most suitable subject to complete this sentence?
____________ cries for his bottle?
The dog
The baby
Grandma
The baby
Which would be the most suitable predicate to complete this sentence?
My teacher ___________________________.
growls at the book
reads the book
sings the book
reads the book
A sentence must begin with a _________ ____________.
capital letter
A sentence must end with a ________ ___________.
punctuation mark
The naming part of the sentence is the ___________.
Subject
The telling part of the sentence is the ___________.
predicate
What is the role of the predicate in a sentence?
It tells the action that is performed by the subject.
The sentence must have a noun that expresses an action. What part of the sentence is this?
subject
True or False
A simple sentence can express more than one ideas.
False
A simple sentence should only express one idea.
Name the three punctuation marks at the end of a sentence.
period
question mark
exclamation mark
A simple sentence is also known as an ___________ _______.
independent clause
Construct a simple sentence with the following words:
ball, the, the, three, catch, boys, to, are, trying
The three boys are trying to catch the ball.
Construct a simple sentence with the following words:
woman, the, the, driver, splashed, drove, and, in, water, the
The driver drove in the water and splashed the woman.
A group of words that do not make a complete sentence is called a __________.
phrase
fragment
dependent clause