PPT-The Subject, Predicate, and More

Subject The subject tells whom or what the sentence is about Example Lois Lenski wrote Strawberry Girl The tooth with a point is called a canine To find the subject ask yourself who or what is doing something or about whom or what something is being said . Simple. Complete. Compound. Get your literary notebook & respond:. Type . 1: What makes a sentence?. Here are three sentences:. He smiles.. Autumn leaves twirled gently to the ground. . The park district will open an outdoor ice skating rink in November. . What are they made of???. What is a sentence?. A . sentence. is a word group that contains a subject and a verb and that expresses a complete thought. A . sentence. . fragment. is a word or word group that is capitalized and punctuated as a sentence but that does not contain both subject and a verb or that does not express a complete thought.. Catie. Erwin. And. Jaedyn. Burton. Grammar Rules. Subjects, Predicates, and commas . Comma: . a punctuation mark (,) indicating a pause between parts of a sentence it is also used to separate items in a list. Gary Martin . Illustrated by . Phillip Martin. A . compound subject . contains at least two subjects and is frequently joined by . and. . and. . or. .. For example. : Hapless . Harvey . and homely . ESHS English Year 8. The SUBJECT of a sentence tells . who or what. the sentence is about.. EG: . The green grass . grew on the grape vine.. The PREDICATE of a sentence tells us what the sentence . “The Color of My Words” . Subjects and Predicates . http://www.brainpop.com/english/grammar/subjectandpredicate. /. Complete & Simple Subjects. The . subject . of a sentence tells who or what the sentence is about. . Simple Subjects & Predicates. Every sentence has two parts: a subject and a predicate.. The subject tells whom or what the sentence is about.. The predicate tells what the subject is or does or what happens to the subject.. Day 1. Complete Sentences. A complete sentence is a group of words that express a complete thought.. Every complete sentence has a subject and a predicate.. A sentence fragment is not a complete sentence. . Put out your homework.. Get three . differently colored writing utensils. (i.e. pencil, pen, highlighter You can mix them up…). Take sheet #13 and the small ticket next . to it from . the table and add . Freshman English. Sentence Introduction. A sentence is a word, or group of words that contains a subject and a verb and that expresses a complete thought. He smiles.. Autumn leaves twirled gently to the ground.. & . Predicates. Project LA Activity. Every complete sentence contains two parts: a . subject. and a . predicate. .. . The . subject. is what (or whom) the sentence is about, while the . predicate. Subject..  The subject is what the sentence is about. . For . example: . John.  . gripped the edge of the cliff with only his toes. . Is . John.  . crazy?. Predicate. . The . predicate . is what the subject is up to. In other words, the predicate “completes an idea about the subject,” . Week 7. October . 6-10, 2014. L. Nabulsi. Quiz . over HURRICANES . today!. TEST today. Wiesbaden Middle School. Vision Statement. The entire . WMS. community will provide a positive school climate through which all students can mature academically, socially, emotionally, and physically while developing a lifelong love of learning. Conjunctions. Types of Sentences. Fragments and Run-ons. Parts of Sentence. A sentence is a group of words that expresses a . complete thought. . A sentence must have a subject and a predicate.. Subject.