Simple Subjects and Predicates Practice
Soccer Stars!
My older brother plays soccer really well.
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In other places around the world, they call "soccer" by the name of "football."
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Is​n't that confusing?
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People all around the world call our game of football, the one with the NFL, "American football."
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But we Americans once again insist on our way against everyone else.
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This happened before with the metric system.
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Everybody but us uses the much more sensible metric system.
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Citizens of the world get 1,000 meters in their kilometer.
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American children measure distance with 5,280 feet in their mile.
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Students learning in China and India measure weight with 1,000 grams in their kilogram.
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All of the Americans learn about pounds and ounces.
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None of it makes any sense to most of them.
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Maybe learning new things is too hard for some people.
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Maybe American politicians just wanted school to be harder for American children.
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In either case we are stuck with an outdated system and a proud people.
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Oh, I love being an American by the way.
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Because I, too, am a proud American.
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But it is good to admit mistakes.
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And America should_be good too in my opinion.
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Anyway, my brother dribbles the soccer ball really far.
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Write a sentence and use the word soccer as the simple subject.
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Write a sentence and use the verb phrase coaches as the simple predicate.
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Write a sentence and use the word play as the simple subject.
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