This document discusses the basic parts of a sentence: the complete subject and the complete predicate. It defines a complete subject as including all words that tell whom or what the sentence is about. The complete predicate includes the verb and words that tell about the verb. The document provides examples of sentences and identifies the complete subject and complete predicate in each. It also lists 10 sentences and prompts the reader to label the complete subject and complete predicate in each.
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Lesson 1: Complete Subjects & Complete Predicates
A sentence is a group of words that expresses a complete thought.
-Every complete sentence has two basic parts:
a subject and a predicate.
*Complete subject: includes all words that tell whom
or what the sentence is about.
*Complete predicate: includes the verb and
the words that tell about the verb.
The glass slipper fits only one person.
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How do I find the Complete Subject and Complete
Predicate?
Example: The prince searches for its owner.
1. To find the complete subject, ask who or what does something (or is something).
Who searches for its owner?
2. To find the complete predicate, ask what the subject does (or is).
What does the prince do?
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1. People around the world tell Cinderella stories.
2. The oldest version of all comes from China.
3. The main character's name is Yeh-Shen.
4. This lovely young woman lives with a cruel stepmother and a
selfish stepsister.
5. Yeh-Shen receives help from a wise old man and a dead goldfish.
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6. The bones from the dead goldfish grant the unlucky maiden's wish.
7. She goes to the party in a beautiful cloak and a beautiful pair of slippers.
8. One of the slippers falls off Yeh-Shen's foot.
9. A kind man seeks the slipper's owner.
10. You probably know the rest of the story.
