Double Compounds: Using Compound Subjects and Predicates
About the Double Compounds: Using Compound Subjects and Predicates Lesson
Summary
Review of compound subjects and compound predicates.
Objectives
• Review simple sentences, subjects and predicates.
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Review compound subjects.
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Review compound predicates.
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Give examples of the many ways a simple sentence can be formed.
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Students write sentences using simple sentences with single subject/predicate or variations of compounds.
Suggested Grades
3rd Grade
4th Grade
5th Grade
Excerpt
Simple sentences have a subject and a predicate. The subject is the noun or pronoun that tells who or what the sentence is about. The predicate is the action word or words in a sentence. Predicates always include at least one verb. Predicates answer the question ? what is the subject doing in the sentence?
You can write a simple sentence in many ways.
*Simple sentences can have one subject and one predicate.
Bonnie skated to the park.
Subject ? Bonnie
Predicate ? skated
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