GRADE 6
Name:
A. Subject and predicate
All sentences have
two main parts – a
subject (naming
part) and a predicate
(doing part).
Subject (contains a noun or a pronoun)
Mrs Smith
Predicate (contains a verb)
bakes (verb) delicious cakes
Make sentences
How many different sentences can you
make combining subjects and predicates
from these sentences? Work in your class
workbook.
Subject
Monkeys
The children
The boys
Predicate
love bananas
climb trees
play hide and seek
B. Subject, verb and object
Predicates can be
divided into two parts again,
namely verb (action word) and
object (the thing that receives
the action). To find the object
you have to ask What or Who/
Whom after the verb. Note: not
all verbs have objects.
Subject
Mrs Smith
Predicate (VERB: action
word)
bakes
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item receiving the verb)
delicious cakes
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Grade 6 English Home Language Term 2 Weeks 1 & 2: Unit “How do you do it?” Language structures and conventions: Subject and Predicate PG 10&11
Subject, predicate, object
GRADE 6
C. Find the subject and object
In the sentences below, underline the verbs. Ask what or who/whom and then write
the object in the space provided.
a) Mark damaged _____________________________________.
b) Cindy helped ______________________________________.
c) The lions ate _______________________________________.
Make sentences
Write four sentences of your own that have a subject and an object. Underline the
verb in each sentence.
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D. Complete these sentences by adding a predicate that includes an object
a) Everyone in the family _________________________________________________
b) She _______________________________________________________________
c) His father ____________________________________________________________
E. Complete these sentences by adding a subject
a) __________________________ fly in the sky.
b) __________________________ watched the tennis on the television.
c) __________________________ have very large ears.
d) __________________________ grow well in the Western Cape.
e) __________________________ read the book.
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Grade 6 English Home Language Term 2 Weeks 1 & 2: Unit “How do you do it?” Language structures and conventions: Subject and Predicate PG 10&11
Subject, predicate, object