Parts of a Sentences

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Parts of a Sentences
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Parts of a sentence

• Subject
• Predicate

The subject part names whom or what the sentence
is about.
The predicate part tells what action the subject
part does.
The beautiful horse jumped over the fence.
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Whats the subject?

• Subject

Sometimes called the naming part of a sentence.
It is WHO/WHAT the sentence is about.
What is the subject in these sentences?
Tom is a scientist.
Tom
My mother baked cookies.
My mother
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Lets try some more
My dog licked my face.
My dog
Mikes favorite subject is Math.
Mikes favorite subject
Todd and Mark ran the 100 meter race.
Todd and Mark
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Whats the predicate?

• Predicate

The TELLING part of a sentence. It tells WHAT
the subject is doing
What is the predicate in these sentences?
Tom is a scientist.
is a scientist
My mother baked cookies.
baked cookies
was hit by a ball
I was hit by a ball.
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Lets try some more
My dog licked my face.
licked my face
Mikes favorite subject is Math.
is Math
Todd and Mark ran the 100 meter race.
ran the 100 meter race
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Subjects/Predicates

• Sometimes we say that the subject and predicate
  can be divided by a FENCE
• The number of words on each side of the fence is
  not important.
• The action word (verb) must be behind the fence.

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Sam drives a train between Buffalo and
Rochester.
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The strong, intelligent engineer steered.
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Lets try some

• Use a fence to separate the subject
• and the predicate.

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Ryan Miller plays hockey.
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The Buffalo Sabres won the hockey game.
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Tom and Katie like to watch hockey on
television.
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The fans cheered when we won the
game.
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Now try these

• Use a fence to separate subject and predicate.

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The girls danced in the street.
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They enjoyed the music being played.
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The party ended at midnight.