3.22.B* 3.22.C*

Forming Sentences 3rd Grade

Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS): 3.22.B*
use the complete subject and the complete predicate in a sentence
Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS): 3.22.C*
use complete simple and compound sentences with correct subject-verb agreement

Complete sentences: Complete sentences form a complete thought with at least one subject and at least one verb.

The simple subject of a sentence is the person, place, or thing that the sentence is about. A simple subject is a noun or a pronoun.

The complete subject of a sentence includes all the words that tell who or what the sentence is about. This includes the simple subject, as well as any descriptive words, such as adjectives, adverbs, and prepositional phrases.

Example:

The simple subject of the sentence is "boy."

The complete subject of the sentence is "The intelligent young boy with glasses."

The verb of a sentence tells what the subject is doing or being.

The complete predicate includes all the words that tell what happened in a sentence. This includes the verb and any descriptive words, such as adjectives, adverbs, and prepositional phrases.

Example:

The verb of the sentence is "fought."

The complete predicate of the sentence is "bravely fought against the strong orcs."

Subject-Verb Agreement: Subjects and verbs in sentences must agree with one another. Certain kinds of subjects go with certain verbs at certain times.

Singular subjects go with singular verbs, and plural subjects go with plural verbs.

Example:

The subject of the sentence, "cow," is singular, so the singular verb, "chews," is used.

The cows chew the grass slowly.

The subject of the sentence, "cows," is plural, so the plural verb, "chew," is used.

Subjects and verbs agree differently in different times.

Example:

The verb, is, is used with singular subjects.

The house down the street is blue.
She is late to work.

The verb, am, is used when the pronoun, I, is the subject.

I am ten years old this year.
Today I am going to the beach.

The verb, are, is used with plural subjects and the pronoun, you.

The vampire bats are sleeping right now.
You are the second person to win this game.

Example:

The verb, was, is used with singular subjects.

The peacock was large and colorful.
I was very cold without my jacket.

The verb, were, is used with plural subjects and the pronoun, you.

The tadpoles were all in the water.
You were at the racetrack yesterday.

A simple sentence is a sentence that expresses one complete thought. It has at least one subject and one verb.

Example:

The eager puppy barked at its siblings happily.

The subject of the sentence is puppy, and the verb is barked.

Christine and Amir ran, jumped, and crawled through the difficult obstacle course.

Simple sentences can sometimes have compound subjects or compound verbs. The compound subject of the sentence is Christine and Amir, and the compound verb is ran, jumped, and crawled.

A compound sentence is a sentence made up of two or more simple sentences connected by a coordinating conjunction. The seven coordinating conjunctions are for, and, nor, but, or, yet, and so.

Example:

I helped mom fold all the laundry, and I cleaned the front yard with dad.

The first simple sentence is "I helped mom fold all the laundry." The second simple sentence is "I cleaned the front yard with dad." The two sentences are connected by the coordinating conjunction, and.

The chicken tried to cross the road, but it could not.

The first simple sentence is "The chicken tried to cross the road." The second simple sentence is "It could not." The two sentences are joined by the coordinating conjunction, but.

Forming Sentences

Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS): 3.22.B*

use the complete subject and the complete predicate in a sentence

Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS): 3.22.C*

use complete simple and compound sentences with correct subject-verb agreement

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