Transcript Subjects and Predicates

Subjects and Predicates
Second Grade Grammar
Complete Sentences
• Complete sentences must have a subject
and a predicate.
subject + predicate = Complete sentence
Subjects
• The subject is who or what the sentence is
about.
The grass is green.
Subject
Predicates
• The predicate tells what the subject of a
sentence does or is. Predicates begin with
a verb (action or linking).
action
My family goes on hikes.
Subject
Predicate
Linking and Action
• There are two kinds of verbs that begin a
predicate.
• A linking verb does not show any action,
but they link to an action verb. Am, is, are,
was, and were are linking verbs. linking
The water is cold.
action
• An action verb shows action.
The children smiled at the camera.
Subjects and Predicates
Circle the subject.
Underline the predicate.
action
My dog came to visit us at school.
action
The second grade teachers looked at the
test scores.