1. Parts of a sentence

2. Two main parts
Two main parts of every sentence
Subject
Predicate

3. Subject Who or what the sentence is about
The subject is the who/what is doing the action of the sentence
Simple subject: one word
Complete subject: simple subject + modifiers (adjectives, articles, etc.)
The scary clown chased the frightened children around the party.

4. Ask: who or what verb Paul runs.
We read through the story during class.
The students will cheer happily on the last day of school.

5. The predicate
The predicate tells us about the subject. It includes a verb.
Simple predicate: verb
Transitive verb (vt): takes a direct object
I like pizza.
Intransitive verb (vi): does not take a direct object
He walks quickly.
Complete predicate: The verb + all modifiers

6. Ask subject what? Paul runs. We read through the story during class.
The students will cheer happily on the last day of school.

7. Prepositional phrase Can be part of the subject of predicate
Starts with a preposition (on, after, through…)
Ends with a noun or pronoun
Is labeled prep phr.

8. Find the prepositional phrases
Paul runs to the store after 6th period.
We read through the story during class.
The students will cheer happily on the last day of school.