Every sentence starts with a capitol letter and ends with a stop sign. (. ! ?)

Every sentence starts with a capitol letter and ends with a stop sign.

( . ! ?)

The subject names the person, place, or thing that the whole sentence is about.

The action of the sentence is called the predicate.

A bare bone sentence is one that has a subject and a predicate, but no meat.

This expands the predicate by answering how, when, where, or why.

This is where the 4 come from in the predicate symbol.

How

Where

When

Why

The connector is used to connect single words, parts of word, and sentences.

(and, or, but)

Subject describers are words that describe the subject.

These are words that substitute for the name of the subject.

These words have very meaning of their own; they need a completer to equal a complete thought.

Am Have Was May

Is Has Were Might

Are Had Can Must

Be Do Could Will

Being Does Would Shall

Been Did Should

Jack runs in the park.

Capital letter subject predicate predicate expander stop sign

Mom is going to the store to buy bread.

Capital letter subject bound predicate predicate expander predicate expander stop sign

Boys and girls work hard every day in first grade.

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