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1
The Sentence and Its Parts
  • Subjects
  • and
  • Predicates

2
Complete Subjects and Predicates
  • - A sentence has two parts the subject and the
    predicate.
  •  
  • - The subject is the part of the sentence that
    identifies the person, place, thing, or idea that
    the sentence is about. The complete subject
    includes all the words that the sentence is
    about.
  •  
  • - The predicate is the part of the sentence that
    tells what the subject is, what the subject does
    or did, or what happened to the subject. The
    complete predicate includes all the words that
    make a statement about the subject.

3
Complete Subject?Complete Predicate?
  • The volcano erupted again.

4
Complete Subject?Complete Predicate?
  • The volcano erupted again.

5
Complete Subject?Complete Predicate?
  • A reporter from the paper relayed the news.

6
Complete Subject?Complete Predicate?
  • A reporter from the paper relayed the news.

7
Complete Subject?Complete Predicate?
  • Continents drift.

8
Complete Subject?Complete Predicate?
  • Continents drift.

9
Complete Subject?Complete Predicate?
  • Basketball and astronomy are two of my interests.

10
Complete Subject?Complete Predicate?
  • Basketball and astronomy are two of my interests.

11
Complete SubjectsPRACTICE!
  • The remarkably talented Bronte sisters lived in
    England during the early and middle 1800s.
  • Charlotte, Emily, and Anne all became writers.
  • They grew up on the lonely moors of Yorkshire.
  • The Brontes were a family who believed in
    educating themselves at home.
  • The society of other children was not a part of
    their lives.
  • Their isolation allowed the sisters and their
    brother time for pretending.
  • The four Bronte children invented strange and
    fascinating imaginary lands.
  • Fantastic characters and complicated stories were
    spun out of their active imaginations.
  • Each of the three sisters remembered these
    childhood stories as an adult.
  • Some of the events and characters even appeared
    in the Brontes books.
  •  

12
Complete SubjectsPRACTICE!
  • The remarkably talented Bronte sisters lived in
    England during the early and middle 1800s.
  • Charlotte, Emily, and Anne all became writers.
  • They grew up on the lonely moors of Yorkshire.
  • The Brontes were a family who believed in
    educating themselves at home.
  • The society of other children was not a part of
    their lives.
  • Their isolation allowed the sisters and their
    brother time for pretending.
  • The four Bronte children invented strange and
    fascinating imaginary lands.
  • Fantastic characters and complicated stories were
    spun out of their active imaginations.
  • Each of the three sisters remembered these
    childhood stories as an adult.
  • Some of the events and characters even appeared
    in the Brontes books.
  •  

13
Complete PredicatesPRACTICE!
  • Charlotte Brontes novel Jane Eyre tells the
    story of a courageous and independent young
    woman.
  • Janes cruel aunt treats the orphan girl badly.
  • She sends Jane to Lowood, a boarding school for
    homeless girls.
  • The young girl learns many hard lessons about
    life.
  • Jane leaves the school after eight years.
  • She takes a job as governess at Thornfield.
  • The story of Janes romance begins there.
  • She meets the fascinating and mysterious Mr.
    Rochester.
  • Secrets from his past complicate the story.
  • The plot of Jane Eyre has become the model for
    many Gothic romance novels of the present day.
  •  

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Complete PredicatesPRACTICE!
  • Charlotte Brontes novel Jane Eyre tells the
    story of a courageous and independent young
    woman.
  • Janes cruel aunt treats the orphan girl badly.
  • She sends Jane to Lowood, a boarding school for
    homeless girls.
  • The young girl learns many hard lessons about
    life.
  • Jane leaves the school after eight years.
  • She takes a job as governess at Thornfield.
  • The story of Janes romance begins there.
  • She meets the fascinating and mysterious Mr.
    Rochester.
  • Secrets from his past complicate the story.
  • The plot of Jane Eyre has become the model for
    many Gothic romance novels of the present day.
  •  

15
Simple Subjects
  • - A simple subject is the key word or words in
    the complete subject.
  • - The simple subject names the person, place,
    thing, or idea the sentence is about.
  • - Modifying words are not part of the simple
    subject however, it may be more than one word
    when it is a compound noun (high school) or a
    proper noun (North America)
  •  
  • - EX Jaws is a good movie.
  • - EX John Lennon wrote many songs.
  • - EX One of my friends plays the trumpet.

16
Simple Predicates
  • A simple predicate is the main word or words in
    the complete predicate.
  • - The simple predicate is always the verb or verb
    phrase other words that add to the meaning of
    the predicate are not part of the verb.
  •  
  • - EX All the lines in this picture converge.
  • - EX A reporter from the paper relayed the news.
  • - EX The radio was once a novelty.

17
Finding the Verb and the Subject
  • In any sentence, the verb and the simple subject
    are the most important words.
  • - To find the key words in a sentence, first find
    the verb.
  • - It will express some kind of action or state
    of being.
  • - Then place the words who or what in front of
    the verb the answer will tell you the subject.
  • EXAMPLE
  • An attendant at the station checked the oil.
  • Verb checked
  • Who checked? attendant
  • Subject of verb attendant

18
The Verb Phrase
  • - A verb may consist of one or more words. It may
    consist of a main verb and one or more helping
    verbs (also called auxiliary verbs).
  •  
  • - A verb phrase consists of a main verb and one
    or more helping verbs.
  • HELPING MAIN VERB PHRASE
  • was sinking
    was sinking
  • must have caused
    must have caused
  • - Venice was sinking one-fifth of an inch each
    year
  •  
  • - The storm must have caused the damage to the
    house.
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