Identify the subject and predicate of a sentence.

Which of these is a fragment? Select all that apply. A. Easy to make. B. Key lime pie is good too. C. Because it's good with ice cream. D. Alison likes apple pie best.

A.Easy to make. and C.Because it's good with ice cream.

Which of these sentences has a comma splice? A. Logan doesn't like cats, they shed too much. B. Maci doesn't like dogs. They slobber too much. C. Brendan doesn't like hamsters because he's allergic. D. Lindsay doesn't like snakes, but she likes fish.

A.Logan doesn't like cats, they shed too much.

The subject of a sentence is ________, and the predicate is ________. A. the thing that performs the action; the thing that receives the action B. the thing that performs the action; the action of the sentence C. the thing that receives the action; the action of the sentence D. the most important part of the sentence; the least important part of the sentence

B.the thing that performs the action; the action of the sentence

Which of these sentences uses commas correctly? A. My cat Luna, is fluffy and gray. B. My cat, Luna is fluffy and gray. C. My cat, Luna, is fluffy and gray.

C.My cat, Luna, is fluffy and gray.

Which of the following uses apostrophes correctly? A. Alexi's favorite teacher was Mrs. Micheau. B. Alexis favorite teacher was Mrs. Micheau. C. Alexises favorite teacher was Mrs. Micheau. D. Alexis's favorite teacher was Mrs. Micheau.

D.Alexis's favorite teacher was Mrs. Micheau.

Sometimes it helps to identify the verb first. Ask yourself what the action is or what's happening. Then ask yourself who or what is performing the action—that's the subject.

Kai

The subject is the thing that performs the action in the sentence, and the predicate is the verb and any objects or other words that go along with it. The predicate contains the action of the sentence. The subject is basically what the sentence is about, and the predicate tells us something about it. In the following examples, the subjects are bolded and the predicates are italicized. • Jason (subject) went to the store (predicates). • Angela (subject) is allergic to cats(predicates). • Benny (subject) loves to build spaceships(predicates).. • It's (subject) raining(predicates).. • Grammar (subject) isn't really that hard(predicates)..

Kai

The subject should always be some kind of noun or pronoun, and the predicate includes the verb, like went or is or loves, and any objects or other words that are attached to it. (Notice that in "It's raining," the verb is part of the contraction it's.) The subject can be an abstract idea, like grammar, or even a sort of dummy, like the it in "It's raining."

Kai

We'll start with something pretty basic: What's a sentence? You've been writing or speaking sentences for most of your life now, but most of you would probably struggle to define the word sentence. Sure, you've probably heard the phrase "a complete thought," but how do you know when a thought is complete? For that matter, what's a thought? Anything that you can put into words expresses some kind of thought or another, but in order to be a complete sentence, it has to be an independent clause with both a subject and a predicate.

Kai

comma splice

To be thorough: skim through your paper, stopping at every comma. Look at what comes before the comma, and then what comes after it. Are both sides complete sentences on their own? (In other words, could you also put a period in that spot?) If so, you've found a comma splice.

comma splice

Two sentences joined incorrectly by a comma instead of a conjunction, period, or semicolon

Match each sentence with its sentence type. This is a mess.

declarative-declarative sentence is a sentence that makes a statement, provides a fact, offers an explanation, or conveys information

Match each sentence with its sentence type. What a mess!

exclamatory-expresses great emotion such as excitement, surprise, happiness and anger, and ends with an exclamation point.

Match each sentence with its sentence type. Clean up this mess!

imperative (issuing a command of some sort:

Match each sentence with its sentence type. What is this mess?

interrogative-An interrogative sentence asks a direct question and is punctuated at the end with a questioterm-11n mark.