What are subjects and predicates?
Subjects are the people, places, or things in a sentence. Predicates describe the action of the subject. 4th grade students can learn to identify subjects and predicates in a sentence.
Identifying Subjects and Predicates
What is a subject?
- A word or phrase that tells who or what the sentence is about
- A word or phrase that tells what the sentence is about
- A word or phrase that tells how the sentence is about
- A word or phrase that tells when the sentence is about
What is a predicate?
- A word or phrase that tells who or what the sentence is about
- A word or phrase that tells what the sentence is about
- A word or phrase that tells the action of the noun.
- A word or phrase that tells when the sentence is about
Circle the simple subject; underline the simple predicate.
Circle the complete subject; underline the complete predicate.
Circle the complete subject; underline the complete predicate.
Brain break: Draw a pie that's trying to eat a slice of human
Circle the simple subject; underline the complete predicate.
Circle the subject; underline the predicate.
Circle the complete subject; underline the complete predicate.
Circle the subject; underline the predicate.