PPT-Sentence Structure Basics: Subject and 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 . 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.. A sentence is the basic unit of thought in the American language. This lesson will help you learn to write a complete, coherent sentence.. Parts of a sentence.. A sentence has both a subject and a predicate and expresses a complete thought.. Mr. Bush. Chapter 1. Complete Subjects and Predicates. Here’s the Idea. In order to share ideas and information successfully, you need to use complete sentences.. A sentence is a group of words that expresses a complete thought.. #. 2. :. Created by Michael . Friermood. Copyright . © 2013 by Michael . Friermood. S. P. Predicates. S. i. m. p. l. e. . &. C. o. m. p. l. e. t. e. . and. Subjects. An Engaging PowerPoint Lesson. 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. . Mrs. Davidovicz’s Class. 2012 . – . 2013. CCGPS: . ELACC3L1. . Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking. . f. Ensure subject-verb and pronoun-antecedent agreement.* . 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.. Predicate Adjectives. and. Predicate Nouns. Subject Complement. a word or group of words that follows a linking verb and renames or describes the subject. Common Linking Verbs. am, is, are, was, were, been, being, look, smell, feel, sound, taste, grow, appear, become, seem, remain. “Now . isn’t that . S. P. ECIAL. ?”. Subjects. . and. Sentence Structure Lessons . #. 1. :. An Engaging. Copyright . © 2013 by Michael . Friermood. PowerPoint Lesson. A sentence is a . whole. Miss Johnson . Sentence Diagramming. Sentence Diagramming. : a way to see a sentence spatially; to place each word in its appropriate place as though sentences parts were pieces of a jigsaw puzzle. Subject – be verb – Adverb of Time or Place. On the SOL essay, graders will look for . varied. sentence structure. . Simple. Compound. Complex. Compound - Complex. Complete Sentences. To write a complete sentence, you must include:. Capitalized first word. subject. and a . predicate.. Subject: names the person place, thing, or idea spoken about in the rest of the sentence. Predicate: says something about the subject. Americans | have made quilts.. Subject Predicate. 8 Parts of Speech. For your homework last night, you had to write a list of words that matched the indicated part of speech (noun, verb, adjective, or adverb). Using your list, fill in the . madlib. below..