Subject, Object, Predicate Flashcards

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Subject

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the person or thing in the sentence which is doing the action or being described

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predicate

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Part of the sentence or a clause that tells us what the subject is doing or what the subject is. Got to contain more than a verb

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Object

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Person or thing in the sentence which is involved in the action of the verb, but isn’t carrying it out. Generally it is the person, place or thing being acted upon by the verb

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The woman always drives the car quickly

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subject = woman
adverb = always and quickly
verb = drives
object = the car
predicate = always drivers the car quickly

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simple predicate

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Can be just a single verb or the main verb and it’s auxiliaries

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simple predicate example

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John runs
John was running

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Complete predicate

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Is a verb plus all its dependents. Or, everything that isn’t the subject

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complete predicate example

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john RUNS TOWARD TBE BUS VERY QUICKLY

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Compound predicate

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Give us two or more details about the same subject and has two or more verbs that are joined by a conjunction

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Compound predicate example

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john RUNS TOWARDS THE BUS VERY QUICKLY AND IS CARRYING A BAG

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