Simple Predicates Lesson 4
Simple Predicates Most sentences have a subject and a predicate. The complete predicate is all the words that tell what the subject does.
Simple Predicates The simple predicate is the main word or words in the complete predicate. It is the verb in the sentence.
Guided Practice 1. The Native Americans were the first people to grow corn.
Guided Practice 2. Maize is another name for Indian corn.
Guided Practice 6. The Indians taught the Pilgrims how to grow corn.
Independent Practice 1. The Native Americans made flour from dry corn kernels.
Independent Practice 2. They showed the Pilgrims how to make bread, corn cakes, and soup out of corn.
Independent Practice 6. Multicolored Indian corn is pretty. corn is
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