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Subjects, predicates
  • sentences
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Tell me what is happening.
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A Subject
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The predicate tells wass’ up with the subject.
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A sentence must have a subject and a predicate

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express a complete thought.
(make sense)
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A sentence fragment …
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The Complete Subject
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The Complete Predicate
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The Simple Subject
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The Simple Predicate
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Finding Subjects
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Interrogative Sentence Order
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Interrogative Sentences
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To locate the subject of an interrogative sentence,change the question into a declarative sentence. (Make a statement.)
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Inverted Word Order
 (The subject is not first.)
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Imperative Sentence
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Compound Subjects (2 or+ subjects)
  • Compound Predicates (2 or+ verbs)
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Compound subjects and predicates (verbs)
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Simple and Compound
Sentences
  • You can put two simple sentences together and make a compound sentence.  WOW!
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Run-On Sentences
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To correct a run-on sentence,
write separate sentences, or combine the sentences.
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