Sentence Fun: Find the Subject and Predicate Worksheet for Kids!
This worksheet introduces basic sentence structure by teaching children to identify the subject (who or what the sentence is about) and the predicate (what the subject does or is) in simple sentences. For four- to six-year-olds, breaking a sentence into these two core parts is an early foundation for grammar and sentence-writing, helping them understand that every complete sentence needs both a 'who' and a 'what happens.'
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How to use this worksheet
Read the first sentence together aloud. Ask your child who or what the sentence is about, and have them circle that part in blue as the subject. Then ask what that subject is doing or being, and have them underline that part in orange as the predicate. Repeat for each sentence on the page, then have your child write two of their own simple sentences, marking the subject and predicate with the same two colors.
Materials needed
- Pencil
- Blue crayon or colored pencil
- Orange crayon or colored pencil
Extension activities
- 1Create more sentences together with a focus on identifying the subject and predicate.
- 2Draw pictures to illustrate a few of the sentences, labeling the subject and predicate parts.
- 3Play a sentence-building game where you supply a subject and your child supplies a matching predicate, or vice versa.
- 4Look through a book together and pick out one sentence per page to identify its subject and predicate.
- 5Mix and match subjects and predicates from different sentences to create silly new ones together.
Written by
Hemsweta Jain · Teacher Cheena
MBA and Early Childhood Educator, teaching since 2014 · Founder of RaisoActive, Mumbai
Every RaisoActive worksheet is designed and checked by the founder before publishing.
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