A sentence has two parts: the subject and the predicate. The subject tells who or what the sentence is about. The predicate tells what the subject is or does. The complete subject contains all of the words in the subject. The complete predicate contains all of the words in the predicate.
Example: The fireman / extinguished the fire.
subject predicate
Cake / is my favorite dessert.
subject predicate
The eight paratroopers / jumped.
subject predicate
* To earn two stickers, write ten sentences and draw a line between the complete subject and the complete predicate.
In every complete subject, there is a main noun or pronoun tht tells who or what the sentence is about. This is called the simple subject.
Example: The eight paratroopers jumped.
Paratroopers is the simple subject. It is who or what the sentence is about.
In every complete predicate, there is a main verb that tells who or what the subject is or does. This is called the simple predicate.
Example: My mom baked eight dozen cookies.
Baked is the simple predicate. It is the main verb that tells what the subject does.
*To earn two stickers, write ten sentences about this week's story and underline the simple subject and simple predicate in each.
