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Understanding Complete Subjects and Predicates in Sentences, Lecture notes of Art
A comprehensive guide on identifying the complete subject and predicate in a sentence. It explains the role of subjects and predicates, helps to find verbs, and distinguishes between helping and linking verbs. The document also includes grammar practice exercises to reinforce the concepts.
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Grammar Notes
Every complete sentence has two parts: Subject and Predicate. Complete Subject: Who or what a sentence is about. Complete Predicate: What happens (the action) to the subject. (S) (P) Bottle fell. The bottle (^) fell suddenly. The plastic water bottle fell on the floor suddenly.
Step One: FIND THE VERB! Step Two: Ask yourself “who or what is doing that verb?” The words in the sentence that answer that question will be the complete subject.
Grammar Notes
Helping Verb: helps a main verb in a sentence achieve tense; does not express action. was, is, are, am, were HV MV I was teaching grammar. HV MV He is leaving school. HV MV You and Iare going on vacation. Linking Verb: links subject to predicate; does NOT help a main verb; does not express an action; tells time (tense). was, is, are, am, were adj She is cute. adj Dad was sleepy. art Tex and Ihad a good time.
Grammar Practice 2
Directions: Label all parts of speech (including the prepositions in parentheses), find the antecedent for the pronoun, and use parentheses to indicate subjects and predicates.
1. Tim and Beth were going to try scuba diving
(on) their summer vacation (in) the Bahamas.
= Subject
= Predicate
Grammar Practice 3 Directions: Label all parts of speech (including prepositions in parentheses), find the antecedent for the one pronoun, and use parentheses to indicate subjects and predicates. (On) Dave's extended fishing trip (to) Canada, the nighttime driving was extremely arduous (for) him to accomplish safely (in) a squalling storm.