Grammar: subject/predicate and objects

In general… Every complete sentence must have at least two components: A thing (noun) An action (verb) In sentence structure they are called… Subject Predicate

Subjects the subject is the noun that takes action To find the subject, ask yourself: who or what is taking this action? The answer is your subject.

Examples John went to the store. It was hot outside.

Predicate The predicate is the action Action verbs are easy to identify, but remember verbs of being: am, is, are, were, was A sentence can have more than one predicate

Examples We ate pizza. Love was his only motivation.

Objects Objects are nouns in the sentence or clause that do not take actions If a noun takes the predicate, it is the subject; therefore, if a noun is not the subject then it must be an object.

example We ate chicken. I forgot my shoes.

Compound Subject and Predicates Occurs when a clause has more than one subject or predicate functioning as a single unit A compound subject is when two or more separate subjects take the same predicate A compound predicate is when a subject or group of subjects take two or more predicates

Examples John and I played a game. I went home and studied.