• 1 TRY OUT LANGUAGE

• 2 LEARN GRAMMAR

• 3 APPLY ON YOUR OWN

Use Nouns in the Subject and Predicate

A complete sentence has two parts: the subject and the predicate. The subject tells whom or what the sentence is about. The predicate often tells what the subject does.

EXAMPLE People choose different places to live.

• • Nouns can be the subject of a sentence.

  EXAMPLE

  Peoplesubject choose different places to live.

• • Nouns can also be the object of an action verb. To find the object, turn the verb into a question like: “Choose what?” Your answer is the object.

  EXAMPLE

  People chooseverb different placesobject to live.

• • Many English sentences follow this pattern: subject → verb → object

  EXAMPLES

  Peoplesubject chooseverb different placesobject to live.

Practice Together

Say each sentence and tell the job of the noun. Is it a subject or an object noun?

• 1. The man lives in a desert climate.

• 2. The hot sun warms his home fast.

• 3. The heat creates a challenge.

• 4. People wear clothes to protect them from the sun.

Try It!

Say each sentence. Write the job of the noun on a card. Is it a subject or an object noun?

• 5. Some astronauts live on a space station.

• 6. They take oxygen with them to breathe.

• 7. Outer space does not support life.

• 8. Only Earth supports life.

The man covers his head to protect it from the heat.