Complete Subjects/Predicates
The COMPLETE SUBJECT of this sentence:
The boy ate the cake.
What is: The boy
The subject of this sentence:
Harry Potter and his friends from Hogwarts stood firm against the evil plans of Lord Voldemort.
What is: Harry Potter and his friends from Hogwarts
Find the simple sentence:
The Utah Jazz play well, but they can't seem to win a championship.
Jazz fans are always hopeful with each new season.
Support from fans helps, but the team has to do the work.
What is: Jazz fans are always hopeful with each new season.
To be a compound sentence, you must have at least two...
What are: independent clauses joined by a conjunction.
or
What are: complete sentences joined by a conjunction.
The five verbs you should memorize.
What is: am, is, are, was, were
The complete predicate of this sentence:
Jo Jo, the zebra from the circus, can jump through a ring of fire.
What is: can jump through a ring of fire.
The Predicate of this sentence:
Lord Voldemort and his followers wanted Harry destroyed and the wizarding world at their mercy.
What is: wanted Harry destroyed and the wizarding world at their mercy.
This sentence is NOT simple?
Muhamed Ali is considered the greatest boxer in the history of the sport by many knowledgeable fans.
He could float like a butterfly and sting like a bee.
After he retired, many great boxers tried to imitate his style; they just couldn't get it right.
What is: After he retired, many great boxers tried to imitate his style; they just couldn't get it right.
One of these is NOT a compound sentence:
Joe ate the bagel, but he didn't want cream cheese.
Marsha hated the coach; she just loved playing to much to quit.
Joseph was a coward and hated conflict of any kind.
What is: Joseph was a coward and hated conflict of any kind.
The list of coordinating conjunctions.
What is: FANBOYS
for, and, nor, but, or, yet, and so.
The answer is acceptable in any order as long as all 7 are listed.
The predicate of this sentence:
After the game, Joe and all his football buddies went to Pizza Hut to celebrate.
What is: After the game, went to Pizza Hut to celebrate.
or:
What is: went to Pizza Hut to celebrate after the game.
This sentence does not contain a compound predicate:
Wizards can be normal people like you and I.
They live in the same world but are hidden from our sight.
We see and interact with them every day.
What is: Wizards can be normal people just like you and me.
This sentence:
Whenever I think of that game.
is an example of...
What is: a fragment
or
What is: A sentence fragment
Make a compound sentence out of these fragments:
argued with his parents -- hated bedtime -- , so
Little Billy -- about turning off his light. -- he always
What is: Little Billy hated bedtime, so he always argued with his parents about turning off his light.
The mark of punctuation that can be used in compound sentences in place of a conjunction.
What is: The semicolon.
The part of a sentence that tells what the subject of the sentence is or does.
What is: The predicate.
The Subject for this sentence:
Albus Dumbledore, Headmaster for Hogwarts School of Wizardry and Magic, and Serius Black, Harry Potter's Godfather do all they can to protect him from his parent's past, but it does no good.
What is: Albus Dumbledore, Headmaster for Hogwarts School of Wizardry and Magic, and Serius Black, Harry Potter's Godfather
The subject of this simple sentence:
Sit down, please.
What is: (you)
or
What is: the understood subject is the person to whom the command is given.
Form the following fragments into a compound sentence:
still inspires visions -- has seen many changes -- The city of Tombstone -- for thousands of tourists every year. -- , but its name -- in the past 100 years -- of the Wild West
What is: The city of Tombstone has seen many changes in the past 100 years, but its name still inspires visions of the Wild West for thousands of tourists every year.
The mark of punctuation that MUST be used with a coordinating conjunction when writing a compound sentence.
What is: a comma
Everything in a sentence that is not a part of the subject.
What is: The Predicate
A sentence that contains both a compound subject and a compound predicate, but not a coordinating conjunction or any type of subordinate clause.
What is: A simple sentence.
This simple grammatical trick makes it easier to locate the subject in an interrogative sentence.
What is: turn the question into a statement.
example: "How did that happen?" becomes "That did happen."
Which of the following is a compound sentence?
Whenever I am sad, I eat a donut, and it makes me happy.
Halloween candy is not terribly nutritious, but there is no denying that it is delicious.
The Jub Jub bird may be fictional, but its description fits the South American Toucan.
What Is: The Jub Jub bird may be fictional, but its description fits the South American Toucan.
Any sentence that has at least one subject and predicate, but expresses more than one complete thought without adequate punctuation.
What is: a run-on sentence.
or
What is: a run-on.