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Whats the Subject?Identifying parts of
sentences

• An interactive approach at learning sentence
  structure.

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Introduction

• This presentation is designed to teach students
  about sentence structure. Upon completion of
  this instructional resource you should have a
  clear understanding of subjects and predicates
  and be able to identify them in a sentence.

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• Lets begin by learning about
• the subject.

Begin
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All of these phrases have something in common.

• two small boys
• the kitten with the white paws
• elephants, tigers, and lions
• a sealed envelope
• a trip

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All of these phrases tell you something.

• two small boys
• the kitten with the white paws
• elephants, tigers, and lions
• a sealed envelope
• a trip

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Click on the letter of the answer you select.

• Each example tells what is going on.
• Each example tells who or what.
• Each example is about living things.
• All are about non-living things.

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Congratulations!

• You are correct. Each of the phrases tells you
  either whom or what.

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The Subject

• Each sentence consists of two basic parts
  subjects and predicates.
• A subject is the part of a sentence that tells
  whom or what the sentence is about.

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Click on the portion of the sentence that is the
subject.

• Laughing and running down the street were two
  small boys.

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Click on the portion of the sentence that is the
subject.

• The kitten with the white paws is called Boots.

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That is correct!

• This is the subject of the sentence because it
  tells who the sentence is about
• two small boys.

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That is correct!

• This is the subject of the sentence because it
  tells who the sentence is about
• the kitten with the white paws.

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Sorry, try again.

• laughing and running
• is the action,
• its what is being done.

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Sorry, try again.

• is called boots
• tells about the kitten

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Identify the subject

• A sealed envelope rested near the edge of the
  desk.
• a sealed envelope
• rested near
• the edge of the desk

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You Are Correct!

• What rested near the edge of the desk? A sealed
  envelope rested there.
• This subject is telling you what is doing
  something the sealed envelope.

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Identify the subject

• The dangerous trip over the mountains took four
  days.
• A. the dangerous trip
• B. over the mountains
• C. took four days

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Youve Got It!!

• In this sentence the simple subject is trip.
• The complete subject is The dangerous trip over
  the mountains.

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Review

• Sentences consist of two basic parts subjects
  and predicates.
• A subject is the part of a sentence that tells
  whom or what the sentence is about.

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one more practice sentenceIdentify the Subject

• Living at the zoo are elephants, tigers, and
  lions.
• living at the zoo are
• elephants, tigers, and lions

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Ohh Yeah!!!

• Who is this sentence talking about? the
  elephants, tigers, and lions.

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Remember

• To find the subject, ask who or what is doing
  something or about whom or what something is
  being said.

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• Now that you have learned that the subject tells
  who or what the sentence is about lets figure
  out what the predicate does.

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• who or what the sentence is about
• ?
• a complete sentence
• a. their action
• b. the verb
• c. what they do

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Think of sentences like this

• Subject (noun)
• Predicate (verb)
• a complete sentence

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Yes, you are correct!!

• Whom or what (noun)
• what they did (verb)
• a complete sentence

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A sentence can also be set up this way.

• The action (verb), what the subject did
• predicate
• Who or what (noun) the sentence is about
• subject
• a complete sentence or thought

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Compare sentence structure to addition

• 8 and 9 subject and predicate
• 9 8 predicate subject
• 17 17 complete complete
• sentence sentence

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The Predicate

• The predicate of a sentence tells something about
  the subject and consists of a verb and all the
  words that describe the verb and complete its
  meaning.

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• Its time to practice identifying the predicate.

Oh boy, I can hardly wait!! Click on me to
continue
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Identify the complete Predicate

• Andrews brother plays basketball for MSU.

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Sorry, try again

• Andrews brother tells us who.
• This is the subject of the sentence.

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Go Team Go!!

• What does Andrews brother do?
• He plays basketball for MSU.

Click here to continue
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Identify the Predicate

• Under a large bush sat the tiny rabbit.
• Under a large bush sat
• the tiny rabbit

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You deserve a carrot!!

• The complete predicate of this sentence is under
  a large bush sat because it tells us what the
  subject (the tiny rabbit) did.

Youre getting good at this. Lets try one more.
Click on the rabbit.
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Try Again

• This whole sentence is about the tiny rabbit
  therefore the complete subject of the
  sentence is the tiny rabbit.

Whats up Doc?
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Identify the Predicate

• Does this copier staple and fold documents?
• Does
• this copier
• staple and fold documents

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You are Correct!!!

• What does the copier do?
• it staples and folds documents
• this is the action/the verb

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Lets rethink this.

• The copier is the subject of the sentence because
  it is what the whole sentence is about.

Click on the copier to go on
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Time to Review

• Subject Predicate a complete
• sentence

Predicate Subject a complete
sentence
Click on me to continue.
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• In order for a complete thought to be
  expressed a sentence must have a subject and a
  predicate.
• If one or the other is missing then you have
  a sentence fragment.

We need each other to be complete! Click on the
puzzle pieces to continue
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What is missing from this sentence?

• are available in the media center
• the subject
• the predicate

Click here for a clue
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Ask yourself this

• What is available in the media center?
• This is the unknown or the missing piece of
  information.

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Youve got it!!

• The subject of the sentence is the missing piece
  of information because we do not know what is
  available in the media center.

Click on the book to continue.
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Try again

• The predicate of a sentence tells something about
  the subject and consists of a verb and all the
  words that describe the verb and complete its
  meaning.

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Time to show what you know.

• You have gone through the lesson on subjects and
  predicates, now lets put your knowledge to the
  test.

Click on the picture to continue.
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• The subject of a sentence contains the
• Noun
• Verb

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Youre right on track!

• A subject is the part of a sentence that tells
  whom or what the sentence is about.

Subject (noun)
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Crash Burn

• A subject is the part of a sentence that tells
  whom or what the sentence is about.
• Subject (noun)

If you dare click here to try again
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• The predicate of a sentence tells
• a. who or what the sentence is about.
• b. something about the subject.

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Ohhh Nooo

• who or what the sentence is about the subject
• Subject (noun)

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Crash Burn

• A subject is the part of a sentence that tells
  whom or what the sentence is about.
• Subject (noun)

If you dare click here to try again
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WOW, Youre Cookin
The predicate tells something about the subject,
like what it did or is doing. Predicate (verb)
Hey hot stuff, click on me to continue.
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One more question

• Whom or what (noun)
• what they did (verb)
• ????
• a sentence fragment
• a complete sentence

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Congratulations!!

• Whom or what (noun)
• what they did (verb)
• a complete sentence

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Rememeber to think of sentences like this

• Subject (noun)
• Predicate (verb)
• a complete sentence

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They can also be like this

• Predicate (verb)
• Subject (noun)
• a complete sentence

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Remember

• Sentences consist of two basic parts subjects
  and predicates.
• The subject is the part of a sentence that tells
  whom or what the sentence is about.
• The predicate of a sentence tells something about
  the subject.

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• In order for a complete thought to be
  expressed a sentence must have a subject and a
  predicate.
• If one or the other is missing then you have
  a sentence fragment.

We need each other to be complete! Click on the
puzzle pieces to continue
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You made it!!!

• You have gone through the entire lesson. You
  may go through it again if youd like, just click
  on the arrow key below.