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LANGUAGE
6.1 Conventions of Standard English
Name __________________________________
Subjects and Predicates 1
Practice
Print this page and then write your answers.
A. Draw a line separating the subject from the predicate in each sentence. Then
write the simple subject and the simple predicate on the line.
example: A cactus | stores water. cactus, stores
1. Desert weather is very dry. _____________________________________________________
2. Wood rats in the desert build huge nests. ________________________________________
3. The skin of a lizard seals water inside it. _________________________________________
4. The mother carried her babies. __________________________
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5. Deserts get cooler at night. _______________________________________ ____________
B. Write the simple subject and simple predicate in each sentence below.
6. John packed some snacks for his trip.
Subject: ___________________________________________________________________
7. Roadrunners live in the desert.
Subject: ___________________________________________________________________
Predicate: _________________________________________________________________
8. The spider spun a web.
Subject: ___________________________________________________________________
Predicate: _________________________________________________________________
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Predicate: __________________________________________________________________
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9. Rabbits and coyotes run very fast.
Subject: ___________________________________________________________________
Predicate: _________________________________________________________________
10. The darkness and cool air refresh me at night.
Subject: ___________________________________________________________________
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Predicate: _________________________________________________________________
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LANGUAGE
6.1 Conventions of Standard English
Name __________________________________
Subjects and Predicates 2
Practice
Write your answers on the lines and then print this page.
Turn these sentence fragments into complete sentences by adding either a
subject or a predicate. Write each complete sentence on the line.
1. Are very dry.
2. Live for 200 years!
3. On their field trip, the students.
4. Plants in the deserts.
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5. Come out at night.
6. Most spiders.
7. Hungry lizards.
8. Come out during the day.
9. Is reading about deserts.
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10. Dangerous scorpions.
11. Animals that come out at night.
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12. Caught the lizard.
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