This Writing Complete Sentences About an Image Worksheet gives 2nd graders four picture prompts to practice building sentences with a subject and predicate. Includes sample answers — great for no-prep grammar and writing practice.
This Creating Complete Sentences Worksheet asks 3rd graders to spot complete sentences and fix fragments by adding a missing subject or predicate. Answer key included — perfect for quick, no-prep grammar practice at home or school.
This simple, compound, and complex sentences worksheet helps 4th grade students identify and combine sentence types using clauses and conjunctions. Includes a complete answer key for fast, no-prep grammar practice at home or school.
This compound predicates sentences worksheet gives 3rd grade students three levels of practice: underline, combine, and write their own. An answer key is included, so it works for quick grammar review at school or at home.
Students underline, write, and build complete subjects in this Subject of the Sentence Worksheet, a three-part grammar page for 4th grade. An answer key is included, so checking work takes only seconds.
Using this Who or What? Compound Subjects Worksheet, 3rd graders name the two subjects in a sentence, join sentence pairs, and write one of their own. Answer key included for quick, no-prep grammar practice.
A 3rd grade subject predicate worksheet where kids underline the subject and predicate in eight sentences, then write their own. Includes a full answer key for quick, confident grammar practice.
The Rewriting Compound Subjects Worksheet has 3rd grade students combine four sentence pairs into one sentence with a compound subject, then split two more apart. An answer key is included, so checking is quick.
This identify subject worksheet has 2nd Grade students write the complete subject of four sentences, then label four more as WHO or WHAT, with an answer key for fast checking.
Using the Subject and Predicate Song (Original Music Video), students will be able to define, give examples and use subjects and predicates in their own writing using the catchy and memorable lyrics.
A Speaking in Complete Sentences Worksheet that helps 2nd graders tell a whole sentence from a fragment, find the naming part, and say and write one about a picture. Answer key included for confident sentence practice.
This Using Complete Sentences Worksheet helps 2nd graders find the subject and the predicate, match the two halves, and write a complete sentence of their own. Answer key included for fast, no-prep grammar practice.
A 2nd grade subject verb agreement worksheet where students fill in the bubble to choose the verb that matches each subject. Includes a complete answer key—perfect for quick, no-prep grammar practice at home or school.
This subject predicate new sentences worksheet has 4th graders underline a complete subject or predicate in each sentence, then rewrite it with a new part of their own. An answer key with sample sentences is included.
This complete sentences with subject and predicate activity has 1st to 3rd grade students match picture subject cards to predicate cards, then practice on a worksheet. Answer key included.
This finding predicates worksheet gives 4th grade students practice underlining, copying, and writing complete predicates, with an answer key so checking work is quick and easy.
This rewrite compound predicates worksheet helps 3rd graders join sentence pairs with and, then split compound predicates apart. An answer key is included, so checking is quick.
This rewriting subject predicate sentences worksheet has 3rd graders swap an underlined subject or predicate for a new one and write the sentence again. An answer key is included for fast, no-prep grammar practice.
This writing predicates worksheet helps 2nd graders finish five sentences with their own predicate and tell subjects from predicates. An answer key with sample answers is included.
This identifying predicates worksheet helps 2nd graders find the complete predicate in each sentence and tell if a detail shows where or when. An answer key is included for fast checking.
Who did it, and what did they do?
Every complete sentence has two parts. The subject tells who or what the sentence is about, and the predicate tells what the subject does or is: The fluffy dog | barked at the mail truck. First and 2nd graders learn that a sentence needs both parts to be complete. By 3rd and 4th grade, kids find compound subjects like "Mia and Leo" and compound predicates like "jumped and laughed." Later they use this to build compound and complex sentences. The click is when a child can spot a fragment and fix it.
Two questions do almost all the work: "Who or what?" and "What did they do?"
Write a sentence on the board and ask "Who or what is this about?" Underline the answer once. Then ask "What did they do?" and underline that twice. Do three together, then let kids try the subject predicate worksheet on their own.
Why it works: handing over the work step by step, from teacher to student, is one of the most widely used teaching frameworks (Pearson and Gallagher, 1983).
Try it withSubject Predicate WorksheetWorksheetsOpen it →Write subjects on blue strips and predicates on yellow strips. Kids mix them up to make complete sentences, the sillier the better: "My grandma | swam across the ocean." Then they write their favorites down.
Why it works: kids understand an idea best when they touch it, then draw it, then write it, the order the U.S. Department of Education recommends for elementary math.
Try it withCreating Complete Sentences WorksheetWorksheetsOpen it →Play the Subject and Predicate Song at the start of the lesson and again the next day. Have kids point to themselves for "subject" and act out an action for "predicate." The song gives them a memory hook for the two parts.
Why it works: a catchy, repeating tune gives the brain a hook to hang words on, so sung text is remembered better (Wallace, 1994).
Try it withSubject and Predicate Song (Original Music Video)VideosOpen it →Sentence building is more fun with a little silliness.
WorksheetsKids find sentences with two subjects joined by "and" and circle each one.
Open Who or What? Compound Subjects Worksheet →
WorksheetsKids add a second action to each predicate: "The cat stretched and yawned."
Open Compound Predicates Sentences Worksheet →
WorksheetsKids practice answering out loud in full sentences. "I like pizza" beats "Pizza!"
Open Speaking in Complete Sentences Worksheet →Teacher favorites right now: Writing Complete Sentences about an Image Worksheet, Creating Complete Sentences Worksheet and Simple, Compound, and Complex Sentences Worksheet.
The subject is who or what a sentence is about. The predicate tells what the subject does or is. In "The bird sang," the bird is the subject and sang is the predicate.
Kids learn that sentences need both parts in 1st and 2nd grade. Identifying subjects and predicates is a big focus in 2nd and 3rd grade, with compound subjects and predicates in 3rd and 4th.
A compound subject is two or more subjects joined by "and" or "or" that share the same predicate, like "Sam and Ava ran to the bus."
Ask two questions: "Who or what is this about?" for the subject and "What did they do?" for the predicate. Drawing a line between the two parts makes it easy to see.
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