Subjects and Predicates

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What is a subject in a sentence?

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The subject tells who or what the sentence is about.

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What is a predicate in a sentence?

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The predicate tells what the subject does or is.

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Identify the subject in the sentence: 'The cat slept on the mat.'

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The subject is 'The cat'.

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Identify the predicate in the sentence: 'The dog barked loudly.'

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The predicate is 'barked loudly'.

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What is a simple subject?

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The simple subject is the main noun or pronoun that tells who or what the sentence is about, without any modifiers.

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What is a complete subject?

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The complete subject includes the simple subject and all the words that modify it.

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What is a simple predicate?

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The simple predicate is the main verb or verb phrase that tells what the subject does.

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What is a complete predicate?

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The complete predicate includes the verb and all the words that tell what happened in the sentence.

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In the sentence 'The tall man ran quickly,' identify the complete subject.

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The complete subject is 'The tall man'.

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In the sentence 'The children played in the park,' identify the simple predicate.

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The simple predicate is 'played'.