Subjects, predicates

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Subjects, predicates
and

• sentences

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Tell me what is happening.
Who?
Wass up?
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Who? Spider Man
Wass up? Is running after the bad guys
Spider Man is running after the bad guys!
This is a complete sentence.
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What must a complete sentence have ?
A subject
Spider Man
A predicate
Is running after the bad guys
A sentence must also make sense.
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A Subject
tells who or what the sentence is about.
Spider Man battles for justice.
Who battles for justice?
The subject
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The predicate tells wass up with the subject.

• The predicate tells what the subject does or
  has.

• The predicate can also describe what the
  subject is or is like.

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Spider Man

• fights for justice. (does)
• has a strong web. (has)
• is a hero. (is)
• is brave. (is like)
• These are predicates.

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A sentence must have a subject and a
predicateandexpress a complete thought.(make
sense)
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A sentence fragment

• does not express a complete thought.
• may be missing a subject.
• may be missing a predicate.
• may be missing both.

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Spider Man with a red cover-all
So wass up with Spider Man in his red
cover-alls?
What is missing? The subject or the predicate?
OK! The predicate!
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fights for justice and the good guys.
OK Who fights for justice and the good guys?
Whats missing?
Right! Spider Man!
What is Spider Man?
The Subject
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for justice and the good guys

• What is missing?
• the who or what?
• the wass up?
• or
• both?

OK! BOTH!
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The Complete Subject
Spider Man with his red cover-alls, mask,
spinneret's, and green eyes was a fierce fighter.
The complete subject includes all of the words in
the subject of the sentence.
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The Complete Predicate
Spider Man with his red cover-alls, mask,
spinneret's, and green eyes was a fierce fighter.
The complete predicate includes all of the words
in the predicate of a sentence.
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The Simple Subject

• is the main word or group of words in the
  complete subject.
• is usually a noun or pronoun.

Spider Man in his mask and cover-alls is a hero.
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The Simple Predicate

• is the main word or group of words in the
  complete predicate.
• is always a verb.

Spider Man in his mask and cover-alls ran toward
the robbers.
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Finding Subjects
Declarative Sentences Most statements begin with
the subject.
I am Rocky. I am so cool. This dog is mine.
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Interrogative Sentence Order
Questions may begin with part or all of the
predicate. The subject come next followed by the
rest of the predicate.
Have you seen a dog? Have I seen a dog? Why do
you ask?
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Interrogative Sentences
When questions begin with part or all of the
predicate, this is the P S P word order.
Have you seen a dog? P S P Have I seen a dog?
P S P Why do you ask? P S P
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To locate the subject of an interrogative
sentence,change the question into a declarative
sentence. (Make a statement.)
Have you seen a dog? Question You have seen a
dog. Statement Have I seen a dog? Question I
have seen a dog. Statement Why do you ask?
Question You do ask why. Statement
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Most sentences have the subject at the beginning
of the sentence and the predicate after the
subject.
This is the S P sentence order
Sometimes sentences have inverted word order.
This is the P S sentence order.
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Inverted Word Order (The subject is not first.)
Holding the mouses tail was a cat!
Whom or what is the sentence about?
The subject is the cat.
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Imperative Sentence
In requests and commands, the subject is usually
not stated. The word you is understood to be the
subject.
You
Catch that cat!
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Compound Subjects (2 or subjects)
The cat and the dog are not buddies.

• Compound Predicates (2 or verbs)

The cat hissed and spat. The dog growled and
barked.
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Compound subjects and predicates (verbs)
Use and, but, or or to join the compound subjects
and predicates.
When you have 3 or more subjects or 3 or more
verbs and, but, or or usually comes before only
the last subject or predicate.
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Wild Cat, Cool Dude, and Izzy
rule the Bumbles house.
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Wild Cat, Cool Dude, and Izzy
stalk, bite, and scratch the poor Bumbles!
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Simple and CompoundSentences

• You can put two simple sentences together and
  make a compound sentence. WOW!

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Wild Cat, Cool Dude, and Izzy are in a cat
conspiracy, but the Bumbles dont know it.

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Run-On Sentences
Oh, no!
A run-on sentence is two or more sentences
incorrectly written as one sentence.
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To correct a run-on sentence,write separate
sentences, or combine the sentences.
If you combine the sentences, use either a
semicolon alone or a comma with and, or, or but.

, conjunction
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Wild Cat, Cool Dude, and Izzy hope you are a
sentence wizard in Mrs. Dyers class. So long.