Language Arts Grade Five

Unit Ten, Lesson Two: Subjects and Predicates

  1. band
  2. stand
  3. random
  4. ground
  5. sound
  6. ignore
  7. vine
  8. vivid
  9. visit
  10. vista
  1. panoramic
  2. view
  3. altitude
  4. scenic
  5. trail
  6. organic
  7. dioxide
  8. national
  9. forest
  10. crest
Subjects and Predicates

A subject can be about more than one person, place, or thing. These subjects are called compound subjects. Here are a couple examples: 


	Jill and Brenda ran to the store.

	Sam's dog and his cat ate all the beef jerky.

	The giant oak tree and everything in it fell on Sam's car.
Sometimes one subject can perform more than one action. In these cases you have a compound predicate. Here are a few examples: 

	Jack fell down the hill and hurt himself.

	Phil pretended to be asleep and then he snuck out of the room.

	The can rolled down the hill and was crushed by a car.
Since predicates must contain a verb, a compound predicate must contain atleast two verbs.

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