Recognizing Sentences

The more familiar we are with recognizing and creating sentences, the easier the every other aspect of our reading and writing becomes.

A sentence is a group of words that expresses a complete thought.

A complete sentence starts with a capital letter, contains a subject and a predicate, and has its end marked by punctuation.

Subjects and Predicates

Practice Online

https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/grammar/syntax-sentences-and-clauses/subjects-and-predicates/e/identifying-subject-and-predicate

Worksheets

For Worksheet 1, instead of following the directions on the document, do the following for each sentence:

1. Draw a line separating the SUBJECT from the PREDICATE. (It will look like you are splitting the sentence into two parts.)
   
2. Then, circle or underline the SIMPLE SUBJECT (the noun the sentence is about) and circle or underline the SIMPLE PREDICATE (or verb) that tells what the subject is doing or being.

Worksheet 4

This next worksheet has a whole lesson about punctuating sentences but the end punctuation is missing. Download the document and mark all of the sentences with their end punctuation.

Note: Answer keys for Recognizing Sentences are available here.