Subjects, Predicates, and Sentences

Sentence Patterns

100

What pattern does this sentence use?

Ethan plays Lacrosse.

noun-verb-noun

200

What pattern is this sentence?

English seems easy,.

Noun-Linking Verb -Adjective

300

What pattern?

This seed will become an apple.

Noun-Linking Verb-Noun

400

What pattern does this sentence utiilize?

The teacher explained the homework to Susan.

 Noun- Verb-Noun-Noun

500

 Alex does homework carefully.

What is Noun- Verb- Adverb

Sentences and Sentence Fragments

100

Whom or What the sentence is about

What does the subject part of a sentence name?

200

What the subject does or has.

What does the predicate part of a sentence tell?

300

The sentence fragment does not express a complete thought. It may also be missing a subject, a predicate, or both.

What does the sentence fragment do?

400

Subject and Predicate

What are the two parts of a sentence?

500

Mrs. Hemming - Subject wrote letters - Predicate

Name the subject and predicate in the following sentence. Mrs. Hemming wrote letters.

Subjects and Predicates

100

All the words in the subject of a sentence.

What does a complete subject include?

200

It includes all of the words except for those relating to the subject of a sentence.

What does a complete predicate include?

300

The simple subject is the main or most important word or group of words in the complete subject. Anna Smith is the simple subject.

What is the simple subject in a sentence? What is the simple subject in the following sentence? The young Anna Smith wrote many letters.

400

The simple predicate is the main word or group of words in the compete predicate. Wrote

What does the simple predicate do in a sentence? What is the simple predicate in the following sentence? The young Anna Smith wrote many letters.

500

What is the simple subject usually: noun/pronoun The simple predicate is always: verb

What is the simple subject usually? verb, noun/pronoun, or adjective What is the simple predicate always? verb, noun/pronoun, or adjective

Compound Subjects

100

Yes

Can a sentence have more than one simple subject?

200

When two or more simple subjects that have the same predicate are joined together.

What makes a subject compound?

300

and,both...and, or, either.....or, neither....nor, or but

What are subjects joined by?

400

Emily Jones and Anna Smith

Name the compound subjects in the following sentence. Emily Jones and Anna Smith were friends.

500

Emily Jones and Anna Smith and - links them together and, both and, or, either or, neither nor, but

Name the compound subjects in the following sentence and what link them together. Emily Jones and Anna Smith were friends. Name workd that join subjects.

Compound Predicates

100

When two or more simple predicates, or verbs, have the same subject.

What is a compound predicate?

200

and, both and, or, either or, neither nor or but

What are the verbs/simple predicates connected by?

300

Read Enjoy

What are the compound predicates in the following sentence? Many students read the novel "The Messenger" and enjoy it.

400

Compound Predicate

Is the sentence a compound predicate or compound subject? Many readers have read and enjoyed their books.

500

Compound Subject - Mrs. Hemming , 

I Compound Predicate - read , enjoy Linking words - and in compound subject and in compound predicate

Name the compound subject, compound predicate, and linking words. 

Mrs. Hemming and I read and enjoy S.E. Hinton's stories.