Subject and Predicate

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Subject and Predicate

• Halter

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Every Sentence has 2 main parts.

• Subject Predicate
• The friends read some books.

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The subject tells whom or what the sentence is
about.

• The subject usually comes at the beginning of the
  sentence. It can have more than one word.
• Danny finds a book with tall tales.
• It has stories about Paul Bunyan.

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The complete subject includes all the words that
tell about the subject.

• The simple subject is the most important word in
  the subject.
• A compound subject has 2 or more simple subjects.
  They are joined by and or or.

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Examples

• Danny finds a book with tall tales.
• It has stories about Paul Bunyan.
• One funny story is about Babe, his ox.
• This big, blue ox drank a lake every morning!
• Danny and Ellen enjoy the tale.
• They laugh and laugh.

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Watch Out!

• Sometimes a subject comes at the end of a
  sentence.
• (Here is my book.
• There are many books to read.)
• Sometimes the subject is not named, but you can
  guess who the subject is!!!
• (Dont talk in the library!
• Please return your books here.)