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* Where the Red Fern Grows Lesson 1 - Understanding Sentences How can you tell a complete sentence from an incomplete sentence? Usually you tell just by listening. Incomplete Sentence (Fragment)Everyday.(What? Who does what everyday? I don’t get it. This is not complete.) Incomplete Sentence (Fragment)Every day, rain or shine. (I don’t care about the weather! Tell me who is doing what.) Complete Sentence Billy hunts. (This is a very simple sentence, but it has a subject [Billy] and a verb [hunts]. We know what happened and who did it.) Complete Sentence Billy hunts everyday. (Here is the same sentence with a little more information. There’s no confusion here.) Complete Sentence Billy hunts everyday, rain or shine. (Here is the same sentence with even more information, and it’s still very clear.) A complete sentence must have a subject and a predicate. The subject tells who or what does the action, and the predicate contains the verb and tells what the action is. A verb is a word that expresses one of two things: Action: jump, scream, fly, run State of being: appear, seem, feel A subject can be any of the following things: The person who does the action in the sentence. Grandpa sells goods in his general store. The place that does the action in the sentence. The general store swarms with people before the Fourth of July celebration. The thing that does the action in the sentence. Flour and sugar are mixed together to make cookies. The person described in the sentence. Grandpa is happy when he makes a good sell. The place being described in the sentence. The general store is crowded on Saturday. The thing being described in the sentence. Cookies are best when the flour and sugar are fresh. Subjects may come in different forms: One noun as the subject – Billy wants hound dogs. Two nouns as a subject – Little Ann and Old Dan are two dogs. One pronoun as the subject – He prays each night for dogs. Two pronouns as the subject – He and she are both still awa