Sentences and their Structure
About the Sentences and their Structure Lesson
Summary
This is an introductory lesson about sentences and their structure.
Objectives
• to introduce the concept of a complete sentence;
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to introduce the concepts of subject and predicate;
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to test children?s understanding with appropriate exercises.
Suggested Grades
1st Grade
2nd Grade
3rd Grade
Excerpt
What is a sentence? A sentence is a group of words that makes complete sense.
Every sentence has a subject: a noun or pronoun that does the action in the sentence.
? Tommy walked the dog.
This is a complete thought. Tommy is the subject. The subject tells who did the action.
Every sentence also has a predicate: the action word of the sentence.
? Tommy walked the dog.
Walked is the predicate. The predicate tells what the subject did or does.
? Jennifer dreams about spring.
This is a complete thought. Who is the subject in this sentence? Who is dreaming? It is Jennifer. Jennifer is the subject.
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