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Waves crash. They will circle.
Birds are diving. We watch.
What is the subject of each sentence?
What is the predicate of each sentence?
"DEVELOPMENT
Statements follow a few different patterns. Each patternhas certain kinds of words in a certain order.
The sentences at the beginning of this lesson are examplesof the simplest sentence pattern. This pattern has only twobasic sentence parts:
Subject Noun or Pronoun + Verb or Verb Phrase
Identify the subject noun or pronoun of the followingsentences.
Identify the verb or verb phrase of each sentence.
1. Breezes blow. 3. Tides have changed. 5. They are wading.
2. Water sprays. 4. She is fishing. 6. Fog is coming.
Other words and word groups, such as adjectives, adverbs,and phrases, may be added to the sentence pattern. The otherwords add more information, but they do not change the pattern ofthe sentence.
Identify the subject noun or pronoun of the followingsentences.
Identify the verb or verb phrase of each sentence.
1. We run happily into the cool water.
2. A huge wave is rising in front of us.
3. We dive under it at the last moment.
"APPLICATION
Practicing Language Skills
Write each of the sentences. Draw one line under thesubject noun or pronoun. Draw two lines under the verb or verbphrase.
1. Children are digging. 7. Water splashes.Üj�Ü 2. They build. 8. We will picnic.
3. Castles have risen. 9. Hamburgers are cooking.
4. Waves are pounding. 10. Smoke is rising.
5. Castles are crumbling. 11. Everyone eats.
6. We will swim. 12. We rest.
Each of the following sentences has only its basic parts.