Subject and Predicate

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Parts of a Sentence

• Subject The subject is who or what the sentence
  is about. It (the subject) is always a noun.
• Predicate The predicate tells what the
  subject is doing. It explains the action,
  condition, or effect of the subject. The
  predicate includes the simple predicate and
  all the words directly associated with it.
• Simple predicate The main verb of the
  sentence.

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Subject and Predicate

• The subject is a noun, a person, place or thing,
  its who or what the sentence is about. The
  predicates a verb, an action word,that gets
  this subject up and out. At least thats
  what Mr. Morton says.

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Basic Parts of a Sentence
The sentence is made up of two basic parts the
subject, which is always a noun, and the
predicate, which is a verb and all the words
associated with it. The predicate may be
simple, a single verb, or it may be
extremely complicated.
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Subject and Predicate

• The subject of a sentence is the main noun, the
  noun doing the action. Every sentence has a
  subject, although sometimes the subject is just
  hinted at. To find the subject of a sentence,
  first find the main verb (the simple predicate).
  Then ask yourself, Who or what is doing
  this action? More often, the subject comes
  first in a sentence, and

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putting the subject first is the more common way
to organize a sentence. But for variety, and
even for suspense, writers can reverse the order
by putting the predicate first and the subject
last, or putting parts of the predicate on
either side of the subject.
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Find the Subject
My dog has three legs, two of which are
wooden, and the other made of pure gold.
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Find the Subject
My uvula is very sore for some unknown
reason.

• Ask Yourself What is?

• Answer uvula

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Find the Subject

• Those socks have been under the bed for three
  weeks.

• To find the subject ask yourself, What has
  been?

• Answer thesocks

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Rules for Subjects

• The subject and verb must agree in number. This
  means that a singular subject takes a singular
  verb, and a plural subject takes a plural verb.
  You dont have to distinguish singular verbs
  from plural verbs you have to distinguish
  between singular and plural

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• subjects. Get it? Because if you can determine
  whether a subject is singular or plural, your ear
  will match it with the correct verb. (Trust me!)
  
• If your subject is singular, match the verb with
  it if your subject is plural, use they.

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Choose the Correct Verb

• The danger of eating too many chips (do, does)
  not worry her.

• Remember If you listen to your ear, youll
  choose the correct verb.

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That's All Folks!