Complete Subjects and
Complete Predicates
Mrs. Davidovicz’s Class
2012 – 2013
CCGPS:
ELACC3L1. Demonstrate command of the
conventions of standard English grammar and
usage when writing or speaking.
f. Ensure subject-verb and pronoun-antecedent
agreement.*
Essential Question
• Write the essential question down in your ELA interactive notebook.
•How can I tell the
difference between a
subject and a predicate?
A Complete Subject
• The first part of a sentence tells who or what the
sentence is about. It is the “who” part of the
sentence, and it is also called the subject.
• The subject contains nouns in it.
• For example:
▫ Jonas likes to play soccer on Saturday afternoons.
▫ The cars were backed up for three miles.
▫ Trinity, Kyle, and Diamond were going to the
mountains for a short vacation.
A Complete Predicate
• The second part of the sentence tells what the
subject is doing, the “do” part of the sentence. This
is also known as the predicate.
• The predicate part of the sentence contains verbs in
it.
• For example:
▫ Jonas likes to play soccer on Saturday afternoons.
▫ The cars were backed up for three miles.
▫ Trinity, Kyle, and Diamond were going to the
mountains for a short vacation.
Which words are the subjects/predicates?
• Five friends collected shells from the beach last
summer.
• Subject: Five friends
• Predicate: collected shells from the beach last
summer.
• The boy with the skateboard lost his backpack at
the park. (This one is tricky. Find the verb.)
• Subject: The boy with the skateboard
• Predicate: lost his backpack at the park.
Which words are the subjects/predicates?
• My sister, Keysha, likes to read chapter books.
• Subject: My sister, Keysha
• Predicate: likes to read chapter books.
• Many posters are hanging up in her bedroom.
• Subject: Many posters
• Predicate: are hanging up in her bedroom.
• The monsters from the movie scared my younger
brother.
• Subject: The monsters from the movie
• Predicate: scared my younger brother.
Here’s something a little different…
• In a minute, you will receive a some sentence
strips.
• Together, we will decide which words in the
sentences are the subjects and which are the
predicates.
• Then you will make a cut after the subject and
place them in the correct pockets.
Essential Question
(lesson two)
• Write the essential question down in your ELA interactive notebook.
•How can I tell the
difference between a
subject and a predicate?
Create a Sentence
(lesson two)
• Subjects have nouns in them, and predicates
have verbs in them.
• Today, you will have a chance to create your own
complete sentence using nouns and verbs.
• You and a group will have a list of nouns and
verbs to choose from. Select one noun and one
verb, and create a sentence from that.
Create a Sentence
(lesson two)
dogs
lamp
write
were
pizza
phones
ring
talks
mailman
trucks
is
sits
soda
pencils
drive
shines
house
principal
tastes
run
Essential Question
(lesson four)
• Write the essential question down in your ELA interactive notebook.
•How can I tell the
difference between a
subject and a predicate?
Subject & Predicate Jeopardy
Is It a Subject
or
Predicate?
Subjects
Predicates
100
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100
200
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200
300
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300
Is It a Subject or Predicate?
100
• Read the sentence below. Is the underlined part
a subject or a predicate?
• Children like to dress up every Halloween
and go trick-or-treating.
• Way to go! It’s a subject!
Is It a Subject or Predicate?
200
• Read the sentence below. Is the underlined part
a subject or a predicate?
• My sisters, Janie and Joelle, do not live at
home with my mom, dad, and me.
• Correct! It is a subject!
Is It a Subject or Predicate?
300
• Read the sentence below. Is the underlined part
a subject or a predicate?
• The custodian works at the school even on
weekends.
• You rock! It is a predicate!
Subject
100
• What is the subject in this sentence?
• The plane will have to get its broken engine fixed
before it takes off again.
• Awesome! The plane is the subject!
Subject
200
• What is the subject in this sentence?
• The missing car keys were left in the car last
Friday.
• Awesome! The missing car keys is the subject!
Subject
300
• What is the subject in this sentence? (This one is
tricky! Find the verb first, and maybe that will
help you.)
• Over the weekend, my brother and his best
friend bought two new pairs of sneakers.
• You are a genius! My brother and his best friend
is the subject!
Predicate
100
• What is the predicate in this sentence?
• Monarch butterflies travel across the United
States each year.
• Wow! Travel across the United States each year
is the predicate!
Predicate
200
• What is the predicate in this sentence? (Careful!)
• Some of the smallest birds in the world,
hummingbirds, can fly faster than some larger
birds.
• You rock! Can fly faster than some larger birds
is the predicate!
Predicate
300
• What is the predicate in this sentence? (This
might be tricky!)
• There might be nineteen other species of spiders
that we don’t even know about.
• Wonderful! Might be nineteen other species of
spiders that we don’t even know about is the
predicate!