Sentence Fluency Subject and Predicate What exactly is

Sentence Fluency Subject and Predicate

What exactly is a sentence? • A sentence is a grammatically complete group of words that expresses a thought. • A COMPLETE sentence must tell two things: • 1. The person, animal or thing that the sentence is about. • 2. Whatever that person, animal, or thing is doing.

The parts of a sentence • Each COMPLETE sentence has two essential parts. • The first part is known as the subject. • The subject is the part of the sentence that names the person, animal, or thing.

Examples of Subjects • The friendly dog… • My father… • A pelican… • An elephant…

The other part of a sentence… • If the subject talks about the who of a sentence, what is the second part? • The predicate is the part of the sentence that talks about what the subject does, what it is, or what happens to it. • The predicate will always begin with a verb!

Simple Subject vs. Complete Subject • The simple subject is the key word or words in a subject The eagle on the mountain flew away. • The complete subject is that same key word and all of its modifiers such as adjectives and prepositional phrases. The eagle on the mountain flew away.

Simple Predicate vs. Complete Predicate • The simple predicate is the key word or words in a predicate The boy jumped off the roof. • The complete predicate is that same key word and all of its modifiers such as adverbs and prepositional phrases. The boy jumped off the roof.

Sentence Fragment • A sentence fragment is a group of words that is not grammatically correct. • Fragments either do not have a subject or a predicate. • Examples: 1. Sketched the lions. 2. Jerri and I.