Identify the following: 1. Circle the COMPLETE SUBJECT2. Squiggly line the VERB3. Draw a vertical line between the COMPLETE SUBJECT and COMPLETE

PREDICATE4. Underline the COMPLETE PREDICATE

1. The bee stung me on my stomach.

2. My little sister fell off the swing set.

3. Bob’s birthday party was at Six Flags.

4. The paperboy delivers the newspaper.

5. Jane and I are going to the mall.

Do Now

Simple Subjectsand

Simple Predicates

Every complete sentence has two parts: subject and

predicate

• The subject is the who (or what) the sentence is about.

• The predicate tells what the subject does.

Judy and her dog run on the beach every

day.• Who? • What do they do?

Judy and her dog

run on the beach everyday.

SUBJECT

PREDICATE

EXAMPLE:

Simple Subject:

The key word or words in the complete subject is called the

simple subject. The simple subject tells whom

or what the sentence is about and is usually a noun

or a pronoun.

Peanuts in their natural state are good

for you.

EXAMPLE:

•Find the verb (action or linking)•Draw a vertical line before the verb•The predicate is the rest of the sentence.

They grow in shells.

EXAMPLE:

•Find the verb (action or linking)•Draw a vertical line before the verb•The predicate is the rest of the sentence.

Simple Subjectand

Complete Subject• The Simple Subject can

also be the same as the Complete Subject.

Oil is a peanut product.

EXAMPLE:

•Find the verb (action or linking)•Draw a vertical line before the verb•The predicate is the rest of the sentence.

He made many products.

EXAMPLE:

•Find the verb (action or linking)•Draw a vertical line before the verb•The predicate is the rest of the sentence.

Simple Predicate:• The simple predicate is the key

word or words in the complete predicate that tell what the subject is, does, has, or feels.

• The simple predicate is always either a verb or a verb phrase.

Peanut products contain a variety of

compounds.

EXAMPLE:

•Find the verb (action or linking)•Draw a vertical line before the verb•The predicate is the rest of the sentence.

Peanut have been important for years.

EXAMPLE:

•Find the verb (action or linking)•Draw a vertical line before the verb•The predicate is the rest of the sentence.

Simple Predicate:• The simple predicate may be

interrupted by other words.

We have often wondered about the origin of peanuts.

EXAMPLE:

•Find the verb (action or linking)•Draw a vertical line before the verb•The predicate is the rest of the sentence.

Simple Predicate:• In some sentences the simple predicate and the

complete predicate may be the same.

Peanut crop pestsmust be controlled.

EXAMPLE:

•Find the verb (action or linking)•Draw a vertical line before the verb•The predicate is the rest of the sentence.

Let’s Practice!

1. On potato can supply half of your daily vitamin C.

2. Many B vitamins are found in a potato as well.

3. Sailors once ate raw potatoes as prevention against disease.

Let’s Practice!4. A research institute in Peru

feeds potatoes babies.5. A medium potato without

butter does not have many calories.

6. This popular vegetable first appeared in Peru.

Let’s Practice!7. Many types of potato grew in South America.8. It was brought to Spain by sixteenth-century explorers.9. The vegetable seemed strange to Europeans. 10. It grew well into Ireland.

Let’s Review:

Simple Subject:

The key word or words in the complete subject is called the

simple subject. The simple subject tells whom

or what the sentence is about and is usually a noun

or a pronoun.

Simple Subjectand

Complete Subject• The Simple Subject can

also be the same as the Complete Subject.

Simple Predicate:• The simple predicate is the key

word or words in the complete predicate that tell what the subject is, does, has, or feels.

• The simple predicate is always either a verb or a verb phrase.

Simple Predicate:• The simple predicate may be

interrupted by other words.

Simple Predicate:• In some sentences the simple predicate and the

complete predicate may be the same.

YOU DID IT!!!!!