What is a complete sentence?

A complete sentence is a group of words

that express a complete thought.

A complete sentence must have a noun

or pronoun and a verb.

The two parts of a complete sentence are

the subject and the predicate.
The subject is who are what is doing
something or who is something
in the sentence.
The children are tall.
Children is the subject of the sentence.
In this sentence the children are not doing
anything, but they are something.
The pronoun they takes
They are tall. the place of children.
In our next example the children will
be doing something.

The children swim everyday.

Again, children is the subject.

This time, the children do something.

They swim every day.

The predicate is the part of a sentence that has
the verb(s). It tell what the subject is or is
doing.
The children are tall.
Are tall is the predicate of the sentence.

The children swim everyday.

Swim everyday is the predicate of the sentence.

Which of the group of words is NOT a
complete sentence?
A We are the world.

B Lovely sunny day.

C The lizard is loose.

D She went away.

 Incorrect!

This is a sentence.
 Correct!
C does not have
a verb.
What is the subject of the sentence?

I took the tin cans to the yard.

A yard
B cans
C took
D I
 Incorrect!
Yard is a noun but it is not the
subject. Yard it is not doing
the action.
 Incorrect!
Cans is a noun, but it is not
the subject . Cans are not
doing the action
 Incorrect!
Took cannot be a subject. Took is a verb.
A verb cannot be a subject. Only a noun or
a pronoun can be a subject.
 Correct!
I is the subject. I is a pronoun
that is doing the action.
Which group of words is a sentence?

A We play.

B Between one and two.

C Some very angry people.

D The long slimy snake.

 Correct!
A is a complete sentence.
We is the pronoun that is the subject.
Play is the verb.
 Incorrect!
B does not have a subject
nor a verb.
 Incorrect!
C does not have a verb.
C does not have a predicate.
 Incorrect!
D does not have a verb.
D does not have a predicate.
 Samuel hit the ball to Bobby.
What or who is the subject of this sentence?
A ball
B hit

C Bobby

D Samuel
 Incorrect!
A Ball is a noun, but it is not the sub-
ject. The ball is not doing the hitting.
 Incorrect!
B Hit is a verb. It is not a noun,
pronoun, or gerund.
 Incorrect!
C Bobby is a noun, but not the
subject. Bobby did not hit the ball.
 Correct!
D Samuel is the subject.
Samuel hit the ball
The birds, bees, and butterflies flew into
the dark forest.
What is the predicate of the sentence?
A into the dark forest.

B flew into the dark forest.

C The birds, bees, and butterflies.

 Incorrect!
A into the forest does not have a verb.
 Correct!
B flew into the dark forest is the predicate.
B tell what the subject did.
Flew is the verb. Flew is the simple subject.
 Incorrect!
C The birds, bees, and butterflies
is the subject. They are doing the
action in the sentence.
What group of words is a complete sentence?

A Under the beautiful Christmas tree.

B Practicing is very hard.

C The duck, geese, turkeys, and chicken.

D went over the backyard fence.

 Incorrect!
A Under the beautiful Christmas tree
does not have a subject or predicate.
There is no verb
 Correct!
B Practicing is the subject.
Is very hard is the predicate.
The word is is the verb,
 Incorrect!
C The ducks, geese, turkeys, and chickens
is the subject of the sentence. There is
no predicate. There is no verb.
 Incorrect!
D Went over the backyard fence is a
predicate. There is no subject.
Which group of words is a sentence?

A Snake in the yard.

B Across an amazing lake.

C Bugs crawl everywhere.

D Mickey wonderful new toy.

 Incorrect!
A Snake in the yard does not have a
verb or predicate.
 Incorrect!
B Across an amazing lake does not
have a subject or predicate.
 Correct!
C Bugs is the subject.
Crawl everywhere is the predicate.
Crawl is the simple predicate or verb.
 Incorrect!
D Mickeys wonderful new toy does
not have a verb nor predicate.