Lesson 4

The book fair looked as crowded as it did last year. Andres

and his classmates walked around the hall. There were
different stalls that showcase local and international
books, as well as school supplies and awesome educational
games. On the chairs sat authors and illustrators signing
autographs for fans. Up the podium was the host
facilitating mini-games. The students were so excited to
explore everything in the venue.
 Identify the subject and predicate in the sentences.

Andres
_____ walked
_____ around the hall.
On their chairs sat
__ authors
_____ signing autographs for fans.
Up the podium was
___ the host
___ facilitating mini-games.

_ Subject
_ Predicate
 Natural Order

the subject comes before the predicate

_____ were
The students ___ excited to explore everything in the
venue.

The dog
__ ran
__ down the street.
_ Subject
_ Predicate
 Inverted Order

the predicate is written before the subject

Excited were
___ the students
_____ to explore everything in the
venue.

__ the dog.
Down the street ran __
_ Subject
_ Predicate
 Examples

At the booths ______

crowded the _____
guests.

The ____
guests ______
crowded at the booths.

On the side ____

stood the _______
onlookers.

The onlookers
______ stood
___ on the side.

_ Subject INVERTED
_ Predicate NATURAL
 Follow SVA (Subject-Verb Agreement)

Here _
is my backpack.
______
Simple Subject: backpack Simple Subject: singular
Simple Predicate: is Simple Predicate: singular

Inside my pouch are

__ my pens.
___
Simple Subject: pens Simple Subject: plural
Simple Predicate: are Simple Predicate: plural
 Look for intervening phrases!

a group pf words that is found

Intervening Phrases between the subject and the verb

do not affect the subject-verb

agreement

The _____
pencils in the drawer are
_________ __ mine.
Plural Plural

_ Subject
_ Intervening Phrase
_ Predicate
 Examples

Maya’s notes for

_________ Science class __
___________ are neat and complete.

The tickets for the game are

____ _________ __ in my pocket.

The ___
host facilitating mini-games is
_______________ _ up the podium.

_ Subject
_ Intervening Phrase
_ Predicate