Unit 1: Lesson 3Subjects and Predicates

Objectives

Students will:

•Identify the complete subject and complete predicate of a sentence.

Definitions

• Every sentence has two parts.▫The subjectTells whom or what the sentence is about.Example:▫The pilot of the plane is a good navigator.

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• The other part of a sentence is:▫The predicateTells what the subject is or does.Example:▫The pilot of the plane is a good navigator.

Definitions

• The complete subjectAll the words in the subjectExample:▫The pilot of the plane is a good navigator.

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• The complete subject may also be one word or more than one word.

Example:Pilots waved. The pilots of the plane waved. The pilot and the copilot waved.

Definitions

▫The complete predicate All of the words in the predicate. Example:▫The pilot of the plane is a good navigator.

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• The complete predicate may also be one word or more than one word.

Example:Several helicopters landed. Several helicopters landed in the field.

Several helicopters flew over the school.

Find the complete subject and the complete Predicate.

Label the complete subject in red, and the complete predicate in

blue

• The jungles of Brazil are hot and rainy.The jungles of Brazil are hot and rainy.

• Many trees and bushes grow.

Many trees and bushes grow.

• The Amazon River flows through Brazil.

The Amazon River flows through Brazil.•This country has mountains and jungles.

This country has mountains and jungles.

Find the complete subject and the complete Predicate.

Label the complete subject in red, and the complete predicate n blue

Draw a line between the complete subject and the complete predicate.

•Mr. Santos traveled on the Amazon River.

•One of the birds screeched.

•Another boat passed by.

Draw a line between the complete subject and the complete predicate.

•Mr. Santos and the passengers waved.

•A man near Mr. Santos took photographs.

•Everyone enjoyed the trip.

Draw a line between the complete subject and the complete predicate.

•Mrs. Matsu teaches high math.

•Sacramento is a city in northern California.

•The happiest place on Earth is Room 12.

Draw a line between the complete subject and the complete predicate.

•Elizabeth visited Spain this past summer.

•Naomi is vacationing in Hawaii.

•Fourth grade students will explore Sacramento in May.

Draw a line between the complete subject and the complete predicate.

•Some of my students went to Europe this summer.

•Football season is about to begin.

•Our students ran to raise funds.

This article has ten sentences. Draw a line between the subject and the predicate.

You may have eaten a para nut before without

realizing it. Para nut and cream nut are the

names for a brazil nut. This nut grows on trees

in the Amazon River basin. The fruit of the tree

looks like a coconut. The nuts are its seeds.

About twenty nuts lie inside each fruit. Brazil

nuts have a hard shell. They do not crack

easily. Their taste makes the work worthwhile.

They are delicious.

HomeworkWorkbook pages 5 & 6