The Completion Team

There are only two members that belong to The Completion Team (A.K.A. parts of a sentence), and they are The Subject and The Predicate. 

With only two members, The Complete Sentence Super-Team is the smallest of all the super-teams, but just because they don’t have as many team members as the other bigger groups, it doesn’t mean that they don’t have a big and important part to play in keeping your sentences strong and correct.  In fact, these two wholesome heroes may very well have one of the most important grammar jobs of all: making complete sentences.

Now, citizen, you might be wondering, “Why are complete sentences so important?”

Well, think about it this way: If you were a super crime-fighter, would you go into battle with only half of your body armor?

No, you wouldn’t—because you’d get clobbered if you did that!
 

Well, it’s the exact same thing with sentences: They need both sides of their armor, the Subject and the Predicate, in order to be complete. And if sentences don’t have their complete armor, they’ll get completely clobbered by the grammar mistakes. But once a sentence is fully complete, that sentence is ready to test its super protective armor against any grammar mistake that dares to attack it, because a complete sentence is a strong sentence.

So, citizen, it's time for you to join forces with the Completion Team and learn all about their superpowers. And after that, your super protective sentence armor will be complete!

SUPER POWERS:

The Subject and The Predicate are members of the Completion Team (A.K.A. parts of a sentence), and they have the power to form strong and complete sentences.

THE COMPLETE SENTENCE SUPER-TEAM MEMBERS:

• The Subject: the someone or something the sentence is about.
• The Predicate: tells (verbalizes) something about the subject.

SUPER EXAMPLE:

The hero rescued the crowd.

Is this a complete sentence?  Let's check.

First, find the subject (ask: who or what is the sentence about?).

 

Next, find the predicate (ask: what is the sentence telling about the subject?).

Now, put the subject and the predicate together, and ...

                 The Subject                                  The Predicate

Yes, this is a complete sentence.

The Predicate

Every complete sentence has a predicate.  So, if you want your sentences to be strong and complete, then it’s time for you to meet a very important member of The Completion Team, The Predicate.

The Predicate is the part of the sentence that does all the talking.  As a member of the Completion Team (A.K.A. parts of a sentence), The Predicate does everything in her power to verbalize (express in words) a statement about The Subject.  In fact, without this master of the verbal arts, your sentences would be speechless. 

SUPER POWERS: 

The Predicate has the power to verbalize a statement about the subject of a sentence.

FINDING THE PREDICATE: 

To find the predicate, ask yourself: what is the sentence verbalizing (expressing in words) about the subject?

SUPER EXAMPLES:

#1)

The evil scientist invented a new weapon.

What is this sentence verbalizing about the subject?

The predicate: invented a deadly weapon

#2)

The cat burglar is stealing cats.

What is this sentence verbalizing about the subject?

The predicate: is stealing cats

#3)

The Mermaid swam to their rescue.

What is this sentence verbalizing about the subject?

The predicate: swam to their rescue.

#4)

The robbers took everything.

What is this sentence verbalizing about the subject?

The predicate: took everything

WEAKNESS:

The Predicate gets all her strength and power from working together with her partner, The Subject.  If The Predicate is ever separated from The Subject, she becomes incomplete, and that makes her weak.  If this happens, watch out for an attack from that crumbly villain, The Fragment.

SUPER TEAMWORK:

1)  The Completion Team:  There are two members that belong to The Complete Sentence Super-Team (A.K.A. parts of a sentence), and they are The Subject and The Predicate. These two sentence superheroes always work together because they get their strengths and powers from working with each other.

2)  The Predicate and The Verb:  It’s important to know that The Predicate of a sentence always includes a verb.  Verbs are always a part of the predicate because it’s the verb that empowers a predicate to express action or state-of-being.  Luckily, nobody can wrangle a verb better than The Predicate! 

The Subject

This hero is an important part of the CompletionTeam (A.K.A. parts of a sentence), because without The Subject, our sentences would have nothing to talk about.

Every sentence has a central focus, a main character, someone or something that the sentence is talking about.  It's a tough job, but our hero, The Subject, loves to be the center of attention, and he uses all of his powers to make sure that the sentence is always about him.

SUPER POWER:

The Subject has the power to be someone or something that a sentence is talking about.

FINDING THE SUBJECT: 

To find the subject of a sentence, ask yourself: Who or What is the sentence talking about?

The subject can take the form of:  

• A person
• A place
• A thing

SUPER EXAMPLES:

#1)

Mr. Muscles can bench-press a lot.

 

Who or What can bench press a lot? 

The subject as a person: Mr. Muscles

#2)

The capital city is protected.

Who or What is protected? 

The subject as a place: The capital city

#3)

The time bomb is ticking.

Who or What is ticking? 

The subject as a thing (tangible/concrete): The time bomb

#4)

Greed is a powerful force.

Who or What is a powerful force? 

The subject as a thing (abstact/intangible): Greed 

WEAKNESS:

The Subject gets all his strength and power from working together with his partner, The Predicate.  If The Subject is ever separated from The Predicate, he becomes incomplete, and that makes him weak.  If this happens, watch out for an attack from that crumbly villain, The Fragment.

SUPER TEAMWORK:

There are two members that belong to The CompletionTeam (A.K.A. parts of a sentence), and they are The Subject and The Predicate. These two sentence superheroes always work together because they get their strengths and powers from working with each other.