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What is a compound subject?
When a sentence has more than one subject. When a verb has two or more subjects, you can say that the verb has a compound subject.
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What is a simple subject?
A simple subject is the subject of the sentence on its own.
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What is a complete subject?
The complete subject includes all words that tell who or what the subject is.
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What is an example of a compound subject?
the opposing team decides whether it is correct or not
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What is a simple predicate?
A simple predicate is the verb of the sentence on its own.
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What is a complete predicate?
The complete predicate includes all words that state the action or condition of the subject.
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Is this sentence a compound sentence:
Carlos and I found my grandma.
Yes Carlos and I would be compound subjects.
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What is the simple subject in this sentence: The hungry fox darted across the road.
Fox
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What is the complete subject in this sentence:
Most birds can fly.
Most birds
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Is this sentence a compound sentence:
Bob jumps in the pool.
No there is only one subject: Bob
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What is the simple predicate in this sentence: The crazy man jumped across the street.
Jumped
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What is the complete predicate in this sentence:
The cat walked off.
Walked off
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Is this sentence a compound sentence:
Jean and Riley love chicken pot pie.
Yes
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Write this sentence on the whiteboard: Jean and Kate ran to the water park. Underline the simple subject and circle the simple predicate.
Underline Jean and Kate
Circle ran |
Write this sentence on the board and have someone on your team guess what the complete subject and complete predicate is.
Joe and I want to go to the park.
Joe and I want to
Go to the park |
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