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Cards (10)

  • Sentence
    Composed of parts and patterns that convey a complete thought
  • Parts and patterns of a sentence are a way to check whether or not the sentence is a whole piece and not a fragment
  • Subject
    The doer which tells whom or what the sentence is about, the noun that the verb acts upon
  • Predicate
    Tells what the subject does, starts with a verb which may either be simple or compound
  • Subject
    • Can be simple (one noun/pronoun), complete (noun/pronoun with modifiers), or compound (two or more connected nouns/pronouns)
  • When additional words help name or describe the simple subject, this is known as a complete subject
  • Connecting words for compound subjects

    • and
    • or
    • nor
  • The paragraph provided has underlined and italicized words
  • Subjects in the paragraph
    • students
    • people
    • children
    • food and drinks
    • teachers and chefs
  • The paragraph provided has a culinary theme