Subjects
This is the simple subject:
Justin Bieber sings an amazing Christmas song, Mistletoe.
Who is Justin Bieber
Find the simple predicate (verb):
Families gather for visits and feasts on New Years Eve.
What is gather.
This is the type of verb to look for when trying to find a direct object.
What is an action verb.
Fill in the blank:
A predicate nominative is a _________ or a ________ that identifies the subject.
What is noun and pronoun.
Fill in the blank:
A predicate adjective is an ____________ that describes the subject.
What is an adjective.
These are the compound subjects:
Myra and Eden want Play-Doh for Christmas
What is Myra and Eden.
What is the complete predicate:
Over Christmas break, we will go to my grandparents' house.
What is "will go to my grandparents' house."
This is the direct object:
Santa Claus gives gifts. (Gives what?)
What is gifts.
This is the predicate nominative:
Santa's elves are helpers.
What is helpers.
This is the predicate adjective:
The Christmas tree looks beautiful.
What is beautiful.
This is the complete subject:
The history of Christmas is fascinating.
What is "The history of Christmas."
These are the compound predicates (verbs + objects):
At the Christmas party we ate a lot of food and opened our gifts.
What is ate and opened.
This is the direct object:
Sprinkles, my Elf on the Shelf, spilled marshmallows.
What is marshmallows.
These are the predicate nominatives:
My favorite Christmas movies are Home Alone, Elf, and Christmas Vacation.
What is Home Alone, Elf, and Christmas Vacation.
This is the predicate adjective:
Our Christmas dinner is delicious.
What is delicious.
This is the simple subject:
Open your gift.
What is you.
Find the Linking Verb:
Here is a Christmas movie!
What is is.
This is the direct object:
We watched Home Alone last night.
What is Home Alone.
These are the predicate nominatives:
The winners of the Ugly Christmas Sweater contest were Josh and Becca.
Who are Josh and Becca.
This is the predicate adjective:
Do the poinsettias seem fresh?
What is fresh.
This is the simple subject:
Did the small, cheerful elves make this gift?
What is elves.
This is the Linking Verb:
There were dancers in The Nutcracker.
What is were.
These are the direct objects:
We made hot chocolate, cookies, and caramels.
What is hot chocolate, cookies, and caramels.
This is the predicate nominative:
It is important to give to charity at Christmas time.
What is important.
These are the predicate adjectives:
The party is loud and crazy.
What is loud and crazy.