A complete sentence?

Plays football every week. Sentence

fragment

He plays football every Complete

week. Sentence
 Complete Sentences
A complete sentence must have two parts.

subject predicate

Without both parts, it is a

fragment, not a complete sentence.
 Subject
The dog waited for his Simple
owner. Subject

The friendly dog waited Complete

for his owner. Subject

The subject tells you who or what is performing the

action. It comes before the verb in a sentence.
 Subject
Simple Subject:
It is the main noun or pronoun that
names the subject of the sentence.

He plays tennis after school.

Complete Subject:
It includes all of the words that tell
whom or what the sentence is about.

The cleverest doctor helps me

recover.
 Predicate
The dog waited for his Simple
owner. Predicate

The friendly dog waited Complete

for his owner. Predicate

The predicate tells you what the subject does or is.

 Predicate
Simple Predicate:
It is the verb that tells exactly what the subject does
or is.

They visit their uncle weekly

Complete Predicate:
It is the verb and all of the words that tell what the
subject does or is.

They visit their uncle weekly.

 Complete predicate

Simple subject

Complete subject

Simple predicate

Complete predicate
My brother and sister are Compound
still asleep. Subject

The journalist reads and Compound

writes a lot. Predicate
Compound Subject:
is two or more subjects that share the same verb. The
subjects are usually joined by a conjunction such as
(and), (or), (either/or) or (neither/nor).

Neither Julia nor her friend participated.

Compound Predicate:
contains two or more predicates that have the same
subject. The predicates are usually joined by a
conjunction such as (and), (or), (either/or) or
(neither/nor).

Can you either clear the table or

do the dishes?
 Compound predicate

Compound subject

Compound subject

Compound predicate

Compound subject

Compound predicate

Compound predicate

Compound subject
Use commas to separate three or more words or
phrases in a series:
We packed water, food, and a map.

Appositives are words or groups of words that

identify and usually follow a noun. They are
often set off by commas:
Iggy, our lizard, sat still all day.
I visited Chicago, my hometown.
 Can you identify the subject and
the predicate of these sentences?
Frank
Frank gave
gave his
his dad
dadaapresent.
present. Key
Maya and
Maya and her
her sister
sisterswam
swamat
atthe
thelake.
lake.
subject
The
The cheeseburger
cheeseburgerwas
wasdelicious.
delicious.
The
The cow
cow grazed
grazed in
in the
thefield.
field. predicate

The
The actors
actors were
werevery
veryfunny.
funny.
Chloe
Chloe laughed
laughed at
at the
the jokes.
jokes.
The
The jacket
jacket isis too
toobig.
big. Click to
reveal the
The
The dining
dining room
room table
tablewas
wasmy
mygrandpa’s.
grandpa’s. answers!

She
She went
went home
home after
afterschool.
school.
Homework
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