Sunday, October 5, 2014

Subject and Predicate

The third graders in Mrs. Essenburg's class have been learning about subjects and predicates in sentences. 

Every sentence has to have a subject and a predicate. If you don't have both a subject AND a predicate, you don't have a sentence!

What is a subject? 

 

 A subject is the who or the what of a sentence. It is what the sentence is about. 

Let's look at the subject in some sentences. We will color the subject red.

For example, this is Mrs. Essenburg's son, Joey. If I were writing a sentence about him, he would be the subject of the sentence.


Joey is standing in the doorway.


These are Mrs. Essenburg's cats, Lucy and Troy. If I were writing a sentence about them, they would be the subject of the sentence.

Lucy and Troy are sitting next to each other.




Here are some students in Mrs. Essenburg's classroom. If I were writing a sentence about them, they would be the subject of the sentence.

The girls are working on the iPads.



What is a Predicate?


The predicate tells what the subject does. Another word we use for predicate is the verb. We know what verbs are! We made a great video about verbs.

Let's use those same pictures and sentences, and this time look at the predicate. We will color the predicate blue.

Here is Joey again.

Joey is standing in the doorway.



Here are Lucy and Troy.

Lucy and Troy are sitting next to each other.



Here are two of Mrs. Essenburg's students.

The girls are working on the iPads.



See how the predicate shows what the subject is doing?

If you are writing and your sentence does not have both a subject and a predicate, it is not a sentence.

Here are some mixed up subjects and predicates. Can you find the subject and the predicates that go together and write the sentence in the comment section below? Remember that sentences also MUST start with an uppercase letter and they MUST have punctuation.

Remember, these subjects and predicates are all mixed up! Can you create a sentence from the words above that has a subject and a predicate, starts with an upper case letter, ends with a period, and makes sense? Post it in the comment section below! 

Feel free to make a different sentence with words of your own, but make sure your sentence is complete.

12 comments:

  1. Dear Class,

    Here is my sentence. The little girl skipped to school.

    ReplyDelete
  2. Dear class,

    This is my senses. The cars speed down the highway.

    ReplyDelete
  3. Dear class,

    The horse galloped in the pasture.

    ReplyDelete
  4. Dear Class,

    The autumn leaves dropped on the ground.

    ReplyDelete
  5. Dear Class,

    The little girl skipped to school.

    ReplyDelete
  6. Daer classe

    The car speed down the highway.

    ReplyDelete
  7. Dear class,
    Here is my sentence,
    The cars / sped down the highway.

    ReplyDelete
  8. Dear Class,

    The autumn leaves dropped to the ground.

    ReplyDelete
  9. Dear Class,

    The horse galloped into the pasture.

    ReplyDelete
  10. Dear class,

    I hope everyone loves their blogs.

    by Anthony

    ReplyDelete
  11. Dear class,
    This is my sentence. The Horse galloped in the pasture.

    ReplyDelete
  12. Dear Mrs. Essnburg's 3rd grade classroom,

    This is my complete sentence: The girls played gaga ball and they're good at it too.

    ReplyDelete

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