Subject and Predicate \power point\

Subjects & Predicates

Every complete sentence contains

two parts: a subject and a predicate.

The subject is what (or whom)

the sentence is about, while the

predicate tells something

about the subject.

Judy and her dog run on the beach every morning.

• Judy and her dog run on the beach every morning.

First find the verb and then make a question by placing

«who?» or «what?» before it.

The answer is the subject, Judy and her dog.

Let’s try one:

We spilled popcorn on the floor.

What is the verb of this

sentence?

We spilled popcorn on the floor.

• Now find the subject:
• We spilled popcorn on the floor.
• Now decide who or what spilled
• popcorn?
• We spilled popcorn on the floor.

• Can you find the subject in
• each sentence below?
• 1.My little brother broke his
• finger.
• 2.His Uncle Bob asked for
• directions.
• 3.Those soldiers carried guns.
• 4.Our babysitter arrived late.

• Can you find the subject in
• each sentence below?
• 1.My little brother broke his
• finger.
• 2.His Uncle Bob asked for
• directions.
• 3.Those soldiers carried guns.
• 4.Our babysitter arrived late.

• Can you find the predicate in
• each sentence below?
• 1.My little brother broke his
• finger.
• 2.His Uncle Bob asked for
• directions.
• 3.Those soldiers carried guns.
• 4.Our babysitter arrived late.

• Can you find the predicate in
• each sentence below?
• 1.My little brother broke his
• finger.
• 2.His Uncle Bob asked for
• directions.
• 3.Those soldiers carried guns.
• 4.Our babysitter arrived late.

• Simple Subject and Simple Predicate
• Every subject is built around one noun or

pronoun (or more).

When all other words are removed the

simple subject is left.

• Simple Subject
• A piece of chocolate candy
• would taste great.
• The main word in the subject is the noun
• «piece,» with the other words of the
• subject — «a» and «of pepperoni pizza» – tell about the noun. «piece» is the simple subject.

• Can you find the simple subject
• in each sentence below?
• 1.My little brother broke his finger.
• 2.His Uncle Bob asked for
• directions.
• 3.Those soldiers carried guns.
• 4.Our babysitter arrived late.

• Simple Predicate
• A simple predicate is always the verb or

verbs that links up with the subject.

Simple Predicate

A piece of chocolate candy

would taste great.

The simple predicate is «would

taste» — in other words,

the verb of the sentence.

• Can you find the simple predicate
• in each sentence below?
• 1.My little brother broke his finger.
• 2.His Uncle Bob asked for directions.
• 3.Those soldiers carried guns.
• 4.Our babysitter arrived late.

• Can you find the simple predicate
• in each sentence below?
• 1.My little brother broke his finger.
• 2.His Uncle Bob asked for directions.
• 3.Those soldiers carried guns.
• 4.Our babysitter arrived late.

• Compound Subject
• A sentence may have a compound subject — a simple subject made up of more than one noun or pronoun.
• Can you find the compound
• subjects?
• Team pennants, rock posters and family

photographs covered the boy’s bedroom

walls.

• Can you find the compound
• subjects?
• Her uncle and she walked slowly through the art gallery and admired the beautiful pictures exhibited there.

• Can you find the compound subject in each sentence below?
• 1.My little brother and my cousin broke
• their fingers.
• 2.His Uncle Bob and Aunt Betty asked
• for directions.
• 3.Those soldiers and agents carried
• guns.
• 4.Our babysitter and her friend arrived
• late.

• Compound Predicate
• A compound predicate, is more
• than one verb relating to the
• same subject.
• Can you find the compound predicate?
• Mother mopped and scrubbed the kitchen floor

• Can you find the compound
• predicate in each sentence below?
• 1.My little brother bruised and broke his
• finger.
• 2.His Uncle Bob looked and asked for
• directions.
• 3.Those soldiers carried and used guns.
• 4.Our babysitter overslept and arrived
• late.