Write the Subject Worksheet
This write the subject worksheet has 2nd graders finish sentences by adding their own subjects and tell whether subjects name a person or a thing. An answer key is included for quick checking.
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Description
This Write the Subject Worksheet helps 2nd grade students learn that every complete sentence needs a subject: the part that tells who or what the sentence is about. When children can find and write a subject on their own, their writing becomes clearer and their sentences stop trailing off as fragments.
The worksheet opens with a worked example, then gives students five sentences that are each missing their subject. Children read the predicate, think about who or what could do that action, and write a subject on the line to make a complete sentence. In the second part, students read four subjects and decide whether each one names a person or a thing. Use it as a mini-lesson follow-up, a grammar center, morning work, or homework.
What’s Included
- 1 printable subject worksheet for 2nd grade
- A worked example that models writing a subject
- 5 write-the-subject sentences plus 4 person-or-thing items
- An answer key with sample subjects and the Part B answers
Why This Worksheet Helps Kids
First, it teaches children to see a sentence as two working parts, which is the foundation of the subject and predicate standard. Second, writing their own subjects builds creativity and vocabulary, because many different answers can finish each sentence. Third, sorting subjects as people or things strengthens the idea that a subject is always a noun that names who or what.
Ideas for Teachers and Parents
Have students read their finished sentences aloud to a partner and compare the different subjects they chose. You can also cut apart subjects and predicates from classroom sentences and let children mix and match them. This 2nd grade subject and predicate worksheet pairs well with a short lesson on complete sentences, and the Write the Subject Worksheet makes a quick check to see who is ready to move on to predicates.
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