SentenceSentence
group of words group of words
that expresses a that expresses a
complete thoughtcomplete thought
The The
students students
were too were too
tired to tired to
participate.participate.
The teacher The teacher
gave the gave the
students students
questions to questions to
answer.answer.
On the road, On the road,
Aldon and Aldon and
Reb met Reb met
Kirby.Kirby.
He took the He took the
key of the key of the
house and house and
went away to went away to
another another
village.village.
Miko and Miko and
Earl saw Earl saw
Rowell and Rowell and
joined him.joined him.
SubjectSubject
names the person, names the person,
place or idea the place or idea the
sentence is aboutsentence is about
The The
studentsstudents
were too were too
tired to tired to
participate.participate.
The teacherThe teacher
gave the gave the
students students
questions to questions to
answer.answer.
PredicatePredicate
tells what the tells what the
subject is, or subject is, or
what the subject what the subject
doesdoes
The The
studentsstudents
were too were too
tired to tired to
participate.participate.
The teacherThe teacher
gave the gave the
students students
questions to questions to
answer.answer.
Simple
Subject
main word in the main word in the
complete subject,complete subject,
usually a noun or a usually a noun or a
pronounpronoun
The The
studentsstudents
were too were too
tired to tired to
participate.participate.
Simple
Predicate
verb or verb verb or verb
phrase in a phrase in a
complete predicatecomplete predicate
The The
studentsstudents
werewere too too
tired to tired to
participate.participate.
Complete
Subject
all the words used all the words used
to identify the to identify the
person, place or idea person, place or idea
the sentence is aboutthe sentence is about
The The
studentsstudents
were too were too
tired to tired to
participate.participate.
Complete Predicate
all the words that all the words that
tell what the subject tell what the subject
is doing or that tell is doing or that tell
something about the something about the
subjectsubject
The The
studentsstudents
were too were too
tired to tired to
participate.participate.
Simple
Sentence
may have a may have a
compound subject compound subject
or compound or compound
predicate, or bothpredicate, or both
MikoMiko and and
EarlEarl sawsaw
RowellRowell and and
joinedjoined him. him.
Compound
Subjecttwo or more subjects two or more subjects
in one sentencein one sentence
have the same verbhave the same verb
joined by a joined by a
conjunctionconjunction
On the road, On the road,
Aldon and Aldon and
RebReb met met
Kirby.Kirby.
Compound
Predicate
two or more verbs two or more verbs
have the same have the same
subjectsubject
joined by a joined by a
conjunctionconjunction
He He took the took the
key of the key of the
househouse and and
went away to went away to
another another
village.village.