9/12 Subject & Predicate

What is a noun?

• a person, place, thing, or idea.

• a word that describes an action.

• a type of verb.

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1B

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.K.1B

What is a verb?

• A verb is a word that only describes a place.
• A verb is a type of noun.
• A verb is a word that describes an action, occurrence, or state of being.
• A verb is a synonym for an adjective.

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1D

CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

Match the term with its definition:

• Predicate of a sentence

• The main noun or pronoun that the sentence is about; who or what is doing the action in the sentence

• action word

• Verb

• Subject of a sentence

• tells what the subject does or is; it includes the verb and all the words that describe the action or state of the subject.

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1C

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.3.1F

CCSS.L.3.1I

What is the subject of the sentence?

• 12 young soccer players stood with their coach.

• 12 young soccer players
• • stood with their coach.

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1C

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.3.1F

CCSS.L.3.1I

What is the predicate of the sentence?

One of the players was having his 17th birthday.

• was having his 17th birthday.

• One of the players

What is the subject of the sentence?

The boys on the soccer team had been joking around after practice.

• had been joking around after practice.

• The boys on the soccer team

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1C

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.3.1F

CCSS.L.3.1I

What is the verb in the sentence?

The heavy rains were still weeks away.

• weeks
• heavy
• rains
• were

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.2.6

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.4.1B

Match the subject, predicate, and verb of the sentence:
The area around the cave had seen more rain than usual.

• had seen more rain than usual.

• Subject

• had seen

• Verb

• The area around the cave

• Predicate

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1C

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.3.1F

CCSS.L.3.1I

What is the subject of the sentence?:

More than 1000 volunteers had gathered at the cave entrance.

• More than 1000 volunteers

• had gathered at the cave entrance.

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1C

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.3.1F

CCSS.L.3.1I

Match the subject, predicate, and verb of the sentence:

Thick stalactites hung down like dragon teeth.

• hung

• Subject

• Thick stalactites

• Verb

• hung down like dragon teeth

• Predicate

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1C

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.3.1F

CCSS.L.3.1I