This document provides a grammar lesson for third grade students on identifying subjects and predicates in sentences. It explains that every complete sentence has both a subject, which is who or what the sentence is about, and a predicate, which tells something about the subject. It gives examples of subjects and predicates, and discusses compound subjects and predicates which contain more than one subject or predicate joined by conjunctions like "and" or "or".

1. A G R AMMA R L E S S O N FO R T H I R D
G R A D E E N G L I S H
BY:
AY S H A B A D E R A L I A L T IMIMI
G R A D E 3 - B

2. 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.

3. Judy and her dog run on the beach every morning.

4. Judy and her dog run on the beach every morning.
First find the verb and then make a
question by placing “who?'' or
“what?'' before it.
The answer is the
subject - Judy and her
dog.

5. The SUBJECT
The Complete Subject includes all the words that identify
the person or thing the sentence is about.
My Aunt Mary has a cat.
The little old man walked with a cane.
The Simple Subject is the main NOUN or
PRONOUN.
The boy with the blue shirt waved to me.
Jack loves to play soccer.

6. The PREDICATE
The Complete Predicate includes all the words that tells
what the subject is or does.
Tim took three marbles from the pile.
The Simple Predicate is the main VERB or
VERB Phrase.

7. Sentences can have more than one subject or
predicate.
The compound subject is two or more subjects with
same predicate.
- the subjects are usually joined by “and “ or “or”.
EX: Stacey and her brother went to the park.
The compound predicate is two or more predicates with
the same subject.
- the predicates are usually joined by “and “ or “or”.
EX: Stacey and her brother went to the park and played Frisbee.

8. If a compound subject has two subjects, the subjects
are not separated by a comma.
If it has three or more subjects, they are separated by
a comma.
EX:
Josh, Carrie and Meg went fishing.

9. If a compound predicate has two predicates, the
predicates are not separated by a comma.
If it has three or more predicates, they are separated
by a comma.
EX:
Tonight we will eat, read and play games.