1. 9th Grade
Parts of a Sentence

2. Simple Subjects
Subject – Who or what is doing/did something in the sentence.
Simple Subject – The main noun or pronoun that tells what the sentence is about.
The young boy found a new toy.
The monitor was removed from Ender’s neck.

3. Simple Predicate
Predicate – What is happening in the sentence – Tells something about the subject.
Simple Predicate –Main verb or verb phrase that tells about the subject.
The young boy found a new toy.
The monitor was removed from Ender’s neck.

4. Complete Subject
Complete Subject - simple subject and all the words that modify it.
The young boy found a new toy.
The monitor was removed from Ender’s neck.

5. Complete Predicate
Complete Predicate - simple predicate (Main Verb) and all the words that modify it.
The young boy found a new toy.
The monitor was removed from Ender’s neck.

6. Practice! Donald Duncan was an American inventor.
He founded a toy company in the 1920s.
The yo-yo moves up and down the string