Directions: Read and analyze each sentence. Circle the predicates and underline the subjects. Draw a line separating the clauses in the sentence, count them, and write the amount o clauses on the line. Subject: a noun or pronoun that ta!es the predicate. Predicate: an action or state o being "#erb$. Clause: a subject and a predicate wor!ing together. Example: %he ate the donuts. &t is cold in the classroom ' but it is hot in the hall
% ( "one clause$ % ( % ( "two clauses$ ). My sister and & were at my grandma*s house when the phone rang. +. ,e were watching -. on the couch, the old brown one, and eating sandwiches. /. &t was 0an, my sister*s riend, and she wanted to tal! to my sister. 1. & said, 2&*ll go get her, 0an,2 and then & went to get her. 3. 0an told my sister that the new super group, the Dance 4oys, was at the mall. 5. My sister almost ainted because she*s the biggest an o the Dance 4oys. 6. 2& lo#e the Dance 4oys,2 she said e7citedly. 8. 0an, my sister, and & all hopped on the bus to the mall to see the Dance 4oys. 9. &*m not really a an o the Dance 4oys, but & li!e to go to the mall, so & went. ):. ,hen we got there, the mall was pac!ed with Dance 4oy ans. )). ;#eryone wore Dance 4oy shirts e7cept me because & hate the Dance 4oys. )+. ,hile the Dance 4oys sang, 0an danced, but & played games on my cell phone. )/. & challenged one o the Dance 4oys to a dance battle but he was scared. )1. %ince we went to the mall, &*#e been wor!ing on my mo#es, but &*m still bad. )3. & 0an, my sister, and & go to the mall again, &*ll surely wal! around and shop. < o Clauses: _____ < o Clauses: _____ < o Clauses: _____ < o Clauses: _____ < o Clauses: _____ < o Clauses: _____ < o Clauses: _____ < o Clauses: _____ < o Clauses: _____ < o Clauses: _____ < o Clauses: _____ < o Clauses: _____ < o Clauses: _____ < o Clauses: _____ < o Clauses: _____ Try it yourself: =n the bac! o this paper write three sentences with one clause. >nderline the subjects and circle the predicates. -hen, write two sentences with two or more clauses. >nderline the subjects and circle the predicates.