Simple sentences: Subject +Predicate

Intemperance degrades
 Why is this a sentence? --Because it expresses a thought. Of what is something thought? --Intemperance.
Which word tells what is thought? --Degrades.

1. Magnets attract.
2. Horses neigh.
3. Frogs leap.
4. Cold contracts.
5. Sunbeams dance.
6. Heat expands.
7. Sunlight gleams.
8. Banners wave.
9. Grass withers.
10. Sailors climb.
11. Rabbits burrow.
12. Spring advances.

You see that in these sentences there are two parts. The parts are the Subject+ the Predicate.
DEFINITION.--The Subject of a sentence names that of which something is thought.

DEFINITION.--The Predicate of a sentence tells what is thought.

DEFINITION.--The Analysis of a sentence is the separation of it into its parts.

Analyze, according to the model, the following sentences.

EX: Stars twinkle. This is a sentence, because it expresses a thought. Stars is the subject, because it names that of which something is thought; twinkle is the predicate, because it tells what is thought.

1. Plants droop.
2. Books help.
3. Clouds float.
4. Exercise strengthens.
5. Rain falls.
6. Time flies.
7. Rowdies fight.
8. Bread nourishes.
9. Boats capsize.
10. Water flows.
11. Students learn.
12. Horses gallop.