The document discusses identifying subjects and predicates in simple and compound sentences. It provides examples of sentences labeled with the subject and predicate. It explains that the subject is what the sentence is about and the predicate tells something about the subject. The document also defines simple sentences as having one independent clause, compound sentences as having two or more clauses joined by a conjunction, and complex sentences as having one main clause and one or more subordinate clauses.

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Área: English Asignatura: English Curso: 6th
Fecha: 11 al 17-02 Periodo: I Nº Hor: 12hr Semana: 4
Tema: Kinds of Sentences. Subjects & Predicates.Compound Subjects &
Predicates.Simple & Compound Sentences
Indicador Students will be able to identify the subject and predicate in a simple or
de Logro compound sentences.
Exploración Identify the subject and predicate in a simple or compound
sentences.
Contextualización
Every complete sentence contains two parts: a subject and a predicate. The subject is what (or
whom) the sentence is about, while the predicate tells something about the subject. In the following
sentences, the predicate is enclosed in braces ({}), while the subject is highlighted.
Judy {runs}.
Judy and her dog {run on the beach every morning}.
To determine the subject of a sentence, first isolate the verb and then make a question by placing
"who?" or "what?" before it -- the answer is the subject.
The audience littered the theatre floor with torn wrappings and spilled popcorn.
The verb in the above sentence is "littered." Who or what littered? The audience did. "The audience" is
the subject of the sentence. The predicate (which always includes the verb) goes on to relate something
about the subject: what about the audience? It "littered the theatre floor with torn wrappings and spilled
popcorn."
Conceptualización
Subject and Predicate
The most familiar grammatical function is the SUBJECT. In notional
terms, we can think of the Subject as the element which performs the
EMOCIÓN
"action" denoted by the verb:
[1] David plays the piano

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[2] The police interviewed all the witnesses
In [1], the Subject David performs the action of playing the piano. In
[2], the Subject the police performs the action of interviewing all the
witnesses. In these terms, this means that we can identify the Subject
by asking a wh-question:
[1] David plays the piano
Q. Who plays the piano?
A. David ( = Subject)
[2] The police interviewed all the witnesses
Q. Who interviewed all the witnesses?
A. The police (= Subject)
Having identified the Subject, we can see that the remainder of the
sentence tells us what the Subject does or did. In [1], for
example, plays the piano tells us what David does. We refer to this
string as the PREDICATE of the sentence. In [2], the Predicate
is interviewed all the witnesses.
Here are some more examples of sentences labelled for Subject and
Predicate.
Subject Predicate
Thelion roared
He writeswell
She enjoys going to the cinema
The girl in the blue dress arrived late
In each of these examples, the Subject performs the action described
in the Predicate. We've seen, however, that there are problems in
defining verbs as "action" words, and for the same reasons, there are
problems in defining the Subject as the "performer" of the action. The
Subject inJohn seems unhappy is John, but we would hardly say he is
performing an action.
TYPES OF SENTENCES

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A simple sentence consists of an independent clause, so it contains a subject
and a verb.
It does NOT contain either a dependent clause or another simple sentence.
Examples of simple sentences –
short simple sentence: The dog barked.
long simple sentence: Leaning first this way and then that, the large
tan dog with a wide black collar barked loudly at the full moon last
night from under the lilac bush in the shadow of the north side of the
house.
The simple sentence may have a compound subject: The dog and the cat
howled.
It may have a compound verb: The dog howled and barked.
It may have a compound subject and a compound verb: The dog and the cat
howled and yowled, respectively.
A compound sentence consists of two or more simple sentences joined by
(1) a comma followed by a coordinating conjunction (and, but, or, nor, for,
yet, so): The dog barked, and the cat yowled.
(2) a semicolon: The dog barked; the cat yowled.
(3) a comma, but ONLY when the simple sentences are being treated as
items in a series: The dog barked, the cat yowled, and the rabbit chewed.
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Simple Sentence: a sentence that has only one clause.
Compound Sentence: a sentence with two or more clauses joined by a coordinating conjunction.
Complex Sentence: two or more clauses joined with a subordinating conjunction.
Compound-Complex: three or more clauses joined by coordinating and subordinating conjunctions.
Example: Momdid the dishes. Itis cold in the classroom | butitis hot in the hall
S P (simple sentence) S P S P (Compound sentence)
Modelación
Taller
EVAL
UACI
1. Identifying the Subject and Verb. Underline the verb in each of the following sentences. Draw
ON
a circle around each subject. Watch out for modifiers.

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Examples: Mary cautiously opened the door.
She did not see anyone.
1. Miss Williams is going to New York tomorrow.
2. Your gloves are certainly dirty.
3. Jo Anne's question surprised me.
4. I have never quite forgiven her.
5. The Martins have played eighteen holes of golf today.
6. The students had never finished their work so quickly before.
7. Mrs. Black has always made her own clothes.
8. The boys will ask the doctor for advice.
9. After his long flight, Tom was very tired.
10. The bridge was never completed.
11. Aunt Helen has just arrived for a week's visit.
12. The old man carefully made his way down the busy street.
13. The witness answered the questions simply and directly.
14. Our team has never beaten yours.
15. The members of our class have just elected officers.
16. Sue has never visited the South.
17. Mr. Gonzales often walks his dog in the evening.
18. The children have been playing outside all day.
19. Animal Farm is one of my favorite books.
20. Aunt Marian will prepare Thanksgiving dinner for fourteen people.
1. Chose the correct sentence, if the sentence is simple, or Compound if it is compound.
1. We bought tickets to the hockey game.
a. Simple
b. Compound
2. We sat toward the center of the rink.
a. Simple
b. Compound
3. Hockey is a fast game and fans shriek with excitment.
a. Simple
b. Compound
4. Hockey players are careful but they still get hurt often.
a. Simple
b. Compound
5. The goalie on each team stays near the end of the rink.
a. Simple
b. Compound
6. Players obey the rules or they receive penalties.

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a. Simple
b. Compound
7. Hockey is a popular sport in many countries around the world.
a. Simple
b. Compound
8. Hockey players move quickly or they miss a goal.
a. Simple
b. Compound
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