Parts of a Sentence

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Parts of a Sentence

• Subjects and Predicates

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Basic Definitions

• Subject whom or what the sentence is about
• Predicate tells what the subject is or does or
  what happens to the subject
• Ex. Huge cresting waves pound the sailboat.
• Subject Predicate

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Simple vs. Complete

• Simple subject the key word or words in subject
• Simple predicate the verb or verb phrase
• Huge cresting waves pound the sailboat.
• Simple Subject Simple Predicate

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Simple vs. Complete

• Complete subject the simple subject and all the
  words that modify, or tell more about it
• Complete predicate the simple predicate and all
  the words that modify, or tell more about it.
• Huge cresting waves pound the sailboat.
• Complete Subject Complete Predicate

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