Subjects, Predicates, Subject-Verb Agreement

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What is a subject in a sentence?

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The subject is the person, place, thing, or idea that the sentence is about.

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What is a predicate in a sentence?

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The predicate tells what the subject does or is.

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What is subject-verb agreement?

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Subject-verb agreement means that the subject and verb in a sentence must match in number (singular or plural).

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Example of a subject in a sentence: 'The dog barks.' What is the subject?

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The dog.

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Example of a predicate in a sentence: 'The cat sleeps on the mat.' What is the predicate?

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sleeps on the mat.

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What do we call a sentence that is missing a subject?

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A sentence fragment.

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What do we call a sentence that is missing a predicate?

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A sentence fragment.

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Fill in the blank: 'The flowers ____ blooming.' (is/are)

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are.

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Fill in the blank: 'He ____ a good friend.' (is/are)

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is.

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What is the verb in the sentence: 'She runs fast.'?

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runs.