1. Subjects and Predicates
Unit 1: Lesson 3
Subjects and Predicates

2. Objectives Students will:
Identify the complete subject and complete predicate of a sentence.

3. Definitions Every sentence has two parts. The subject
Tells whom or what the sentence is about.
Example:
The pilot of the plane is a good navigator.

4. Definitions The other part of a sentence is: The predicate
Tells what the subject is or does.
Example:
The pilot of the plane is a good navigator.

5. Definitions The complete subject All the words in the subject Example:
The pilot of the plane is a good navigator.

6. Definitions Example: Pilots waved.
The complete subject may also be one word or more than one word.
Example:
Pilots waved.
The pilots of the plane waved.
The pilot and the copilot waved.

7. Definitions The complete predicate All of the words in the predicate.
Example:
The pilot of the plane is a good navigator.

8. Definitions Example: Several helicopters landed.
The complete predicate may also be one word or more than one word.
Example:
Several helicopters landed.
Several helicopters landed in the field.
Several helicopters flew over the school.

9. Find the complete subject and the complete Predicate
Find the complete subject and the complete Predicate. Label the complete subject in red, and the complete predicate in blue
The jungles of Brazil are hot and rainy.
The jungles of Brazil are hot and rainy.
Many trees and bushes grow.
Many trees and bushes grow.

10. Find the complete subject and the complete Predicate
Find the complete subject and the complete Predicate. Label the complete subject in red, and the complete predicate n blue
The Amazon River flows through Brazil.
The Amazon River flows through Brazil.
This country has mountains and jungles.
This country has mountains and jungles.

11. Draw a line between the complete subject and the complete predicate.
Mr. Santos traveled on the Amazon River.
One of the birds screeched.
Another boat passed by.

12. Draw a line between the complete subject and the complete predicate.
Mr. Santos and the passengers waved.
A man near Mr. Santos took photographs.
Everyone enjoyed the trip.

13. Draw a line between the complete subject and the complete predicate.
Mrs. Matsu teaches high math.
Sacramento is a city in northern California.
The happiest place on Earth is Room 12.

14. Draw a line between the complete subject and the complete predicate.
Elizabeth visited Spain this past summer.
Naomi is vacationing in Hawaii.
Fourth grade students will explore Sacramento in May.

15. Draw a line between the complete subject and the complete predicate.
Some of my students went to Europe this summer.
Football season is about to begin.
Our students ran to raise funds.

16. This article has ten sentences
This article has ten sentences. Draw a line between the subject and the predicate.
You may have eaten a para nut before without realizing it. Para nut and cream nut are the names for a brazil nut. This nut grows on trees in the Amazon River basin. The fruit of the tree looks like a coconut. The nuts are its seeds. About twenty nuts lie inside each fruit. Brazil nuts have a hard shell. They do not crack easily. Their taste makes the work worthwhile. They are delicious.

17. Homework
Workbook pages 5 & 6