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.. 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. 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 . 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.. #. 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. . 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 . 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. . 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 AND PREDICATE. Love . stinks. Do these two words make a sentence?. Subject/Predicate. A grammatical . sentence contains a . subject. (who or what the sentence is about) and a . predicate. (what the subject is or does) and expresses a complete thought.. 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. , . January . 8, . 2015. Bell work:. Grammar page 2 . B . Math - . Thursday. Complete the New Year sheet with the large 2015 not the one you cut out. Decorate it any way you would like but make sure your information written can be seen..