What you learned
The naming part tells who or what the sentence is about. Older students call it the subject.
To find it, ask one question: who or what is this sentence about?
Three things to keep straight
| What people think | What is true |
|---|---|
| The naming part is always a person’s name. | It can be a person, an animal, or a thing. “The pot is hot.” is about a pot. |
| The naming part is one word. | It is often several. In “Six bugs crawl up the wall.” it is “Six bugs”. |
| Any naming word in the sentence will do. | Only the one the sentence is about. In “Ava feeds the fish.” it is “Ava”. |
Quick warm-up before the check
Give the naming part of each sentence.
- “The wind blows hard.”
- “My best friend rides a bike.”
- “Leo drops his cup.”
Answers
- “The wind”
- “My best friend”
- “Leo”
Now take the final check below.
Where to go next
- Telling Parts of Sentences: the other half of every sentence
- Fixing Sentence Fragments: repair groups of words that are missing a part
- Nouns: People, Places, Animals, and Things: the naming words themselves
- Verbs That Tell About Now: matching the verb to the naming part