The Subject and Verb in the Simple Sentence

1. The Subject and Verb in the Simple Sentence Lesson 1 Joseph C. Blumenthal

2. The Subject and Verb in the Simple Sentence • A sentence is a group of words that give us a sense of completeness. • The barking dog • The dog is barking. • Which group of words is a sentence: a or b?

3. The Subject and Verb in the Simple Sentence • A sentence is a group of words that give us a sense of completeness. • The barking dog • The dog is barking. • Which group of words is a sentence: a or b?

4. The Subject and Verb in the Simple Sentence The dog is barking. • This group of words is a sentence because it gives us a sense of: • completeness • incompleteness

5. The Subject and Verb in the Simple Sentence The dog is barking. • This group of words is a sentence because it gives us a sense of: • completeness • incompleteness

6. The Subject and Verb in the Simple Sentence The dog is barking. This group of words gives us a sense of completeness because it (1) names what we are talking about, and (2) tells something about it.

7. The Subject and Verb in the Simple Sentence The dog is barking. • Which two words belong to the naming part of the sentence?

8. The Subject and Verb in the Simple Sentence The dogis barking. • Which two words belong to the naming part of the sentence?

9. The Subject and Verb in the Simple Sentence The dog is barking. Which two words tell something about the dog and therefore belong to the telling part of the sentence?

10. The Subject and Verb in the Simple Sentence The dogis barking. Which two words tell something about the dog and therefore belong to the telling part of the sentence?

11. The Subject and Verb in the Simple Sentence • The argument was useless. • A useless argument. Which group of words is a sentence because it gives us a sense of completeness: a or b?

12. The Subject and Verb in the Simple Sentence • The argument was useless. • A useless argument. Which group of words is a sentence because it gives us a sense of completeness: a or b?

13. The Subject and Verb in the Simple Sentence • Helping his friend. • With the help of his friend. • Alonzo helped his friend. Which group of words is a sentence because it gives us a sense of completeness: a, b, or c?

14. The Subject and Verb in the Simple Sentence • Helping his friend. • With the help of his friend. • Alonzo helped his friend. Which group of words is a sentence because it gives us a sense of completeness: a, b, or c?

15. The Subject and Verb in the Simple Sentence • The naming part of a sentence is called the complete subject. A complete subject is usually built around a noun or pronoun that is known as the simple subject. The complete subject is likely to be (longer, shorter) than the simplesubject—or subject, as we usually call it.

16. The Subject and Verb in the Simple Sentence • The naming part of a sentence is called the complete subject. A complete subject is usually built around a noun or pronoun that is known as the simple subject. The complete subject is likely to be (longer, shorter) than the simplesubject—or subject, as we usually call it.

17. The Subject and Verb in the Simple Sentence The old black dog wagged its shaggy tail. The complete subject of this sentence consists of four words—Theold black dog. The simple subject, or subject, is the one word ____________.

18. The Subject and Verb in the Simple Sentence The old black dog wagged its shaggy tail. The complete subject of this sentence consists of four words—Theold black dog. The simple subject, or subject, is the one word ____dog_____.

19. The Subject and Verb in the Simple Sentence The old black dog wagged its shaggy tail. The telling part of a sentence is called the complete predicate. The complete predicate of this sentence consists of _________ words. (How many?)

20. The Subject and Verb in the Simple Sentence The old black dogwagged its shaggy tail. The telling part of a sentence is called the complete predicate. The complete predicate of this sentence consists of __four____ words. (How many?)

21. The Subject and Verb in the Simple Sentence The old black dog wagged its shaggy tail. The complete predicate is built around the simple predicate, which we shall hereafter refer to as the verb. A verb makes—or helps to make—a statement about the subject. The simple predicate, or verb, around which the complete predicate is built is the one word _____.

22. The Subject and Verb in the Simple Sentence The old black dog wagged its shaggy tail. The complete predicate is built around the simple predicate, which we shall hereafter refer to as the verb. A verb makes—or helps to make—a statement about the subject. The simple predicate, or verb, around which the complete predicate is built is the one word wagged.

23. The Subject and Verb in the Simple Sentence Two small boys | rang our doorbell. The subject and the verb are the most important words in any sentence because they carry the most meaning. The subject of this sentence is the noun ____. The verb of this sentence is the word ____.

24. The Subject and Verb in the Simple Sentence Two small boys | rang our doorbell. The subject and the verb are the most important words in any sentence because they carry the most meaning. The subject of this sentence is the noun boys. The verb of this sentence is the word ____.

25. The Subject and Verb in the Simple Sentence Two small boys | rang our doorbell. The subject and the verb are the most important words in any sentence because they carry the most meaning. The subject of this sentence is the noun boys. The verb of this sentence is the word rang.

26. The Subject and Verb in the Simple Sentence Two small boys | rang our doorbell. From now on we shall color the subject with yellow and the verb with red. The subject of this sentence is the noun boys. The verb of this sentence is the word rang.

27. The Subject and Verb in the Simple Sentence Which are the subject and verb in the following sentence? A handsome blue car|stopped in front of our house.

28. The Subject and Verb in the Simple Sentence Which are the subject and verb in the following sentence? A handsome blue car|stopped in front of our house. The subject car and the verb stopped carry more of the meaning of this sentence than any other two words we could possibly choose. (True, False)

29. The Subject and Verb in the Simple Sentence Which are the subject and verb in the following sentence? A handsome blue car|stopped in front of our house. The subject car and the verb stopped carry more of the meaning of this sentence than any other two words we could possibly choose. (True, False)

30. The Subject and Verb in the Simple Sentence Verbs have a special characteristic that helps us to identify them. Verbs are the only words that can show by a change in their spelling whether they mean present or past time; for example, cook-cooked, see-saw, speak-spoke. What is the past form of the verb jump?

31. The Subject and Verb in the Simple Sentence Verbs have a special characteristic that helps us to identify them. Verbs are the only words that can show by a change in their spelling whether they mean present or past time; for example, cook-cooked, see-saw, speak-spoke. What is the past form of the verb jump? Jumped!

32. The Subject and Verb in the Simple Sentence PRESENT: I never eat oysters PAST: I never ate oysters. In the changing of this sentence from present to past time, the only word that changed was the verb ____.

33. The Subject and Verb in the Simple Sentence PRESENT: I never eat oysters PAST: I never ate oysters. In the changing of this sentence from present to past time, the only word that changed was the verb eat.

34. The Subject and Verb in the Simple Sentence PRESENT: Some of the boys ride to school. PAST: Some of the boys rode to school. Because ride is the only word that changed, we can be sure that it is a ____.

35. The Subject and Verb in the Simple Sentence PRESENT: Some of the boys ride to school. PAST: Some of the boys rode to school. Because ride is the only word that changed, we can be sure that it is a verb.

36. The Subject and Verb in the Simple Sentence A small number of verbs have the same form for both present and past time; for example, hit, cut, let, put, hurt, coast. • We hit the ball back and forth. • We bat the ball back and forth. In which sentence could the verb mean either present or past time?

37. The Subject and Verb in the Simple Sentence A small number of verbs have the same form for both present and past time; for example, hit, cut, let, put, hurt, coast. • We hit the ball back and forth. • We bat the ball back and forth. In which sentence could the verb mean either present or past time?

38. The Subject and Verb in the Simple Sentence On your paper write and label the subject and the verb in each sentence. • Players from both teams scrambled over the field. • A huge, spreading maple stands in front of the church. • A large white cat with yellow patches emerged from the bushes. • An expensive silver pin disappeared from the counter. • The pond across the road seldom freezes before December.

39. The Subject and Verb in the Simple Sentence A big green milk truck This group of words is only a subject. There is no predicate to tell what the truck did or what happened to it.

40. The Subject and Verb in the Simple Sentence • A big green milk truck • Ahead of our car • stopped suddenly Which group of words is a predicate—a or b?

41. The Subject and Verb in the Simple Sentence • A big green milk truck • Ahead of our car • stopped suddenly Which group of words is a predicate—aor b?

42. The Subject and Verb in the Simple Sentence For the next frames write an S if the word group is just a subject, P if it is just apredicate, and SP if it has both that form a complete sentence. Capitals and periods are omitted so as to not reveal the answer.

43. The Subject and Verb in the Simple Sentence • S, P, or SP? • 6. most large European cities • 7. complained about the very slow service • 8. the music stopped • 9. supplies electric power to several states • my dad has a good sense of humor • a bottle of red ink

44. The Subject and Verb in the Simple Sentence S, P, or SP? 12. the linoleum on our kitchen floor 13. some parts of the world get mail only once or twice a year 14. moves through the water by a kind of jet propulsion 15. the kindly old doctor in this small Iowa town

45. The Subject and Verb in the Simple Sentence Fill in the blank. 16. The predicate of a sentence makes a statement about the _______. 17. Every word in a sentence belongs to either the complete subject or the complete ___________.

46. The Subject and Verb in the Simple Sentence Fill in the blank. 18. Just like the heart of the complete subject is the subject, the heart of the complete predicate is the simple predicate, also commonly called the _______. 19. When we change a sentence from present to past or from past to present, the only word that would ordinarily change is the ________.

47. The Subject and Verb in the Simple Sentence You are done!!! Please turn in your 19 answers for points.