Sentences - Subjects and Predicates

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What is a complete sentence?

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A complete sentence expresses a complete thought and includes a subject and a predicate.

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What is an incomplete sentence?

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An incomplete sentence does not express a complete thought and may be missing a subject or a predicate.

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What is a subject in a sentence?

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The subject is the part of the sentence that 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 is the part of the sentence that tells what the subject does or is.

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Identify the complete subject in the sentence: 'The dog barked loudly.'

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The complete subject is 'The dog'.

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Identify the simple predicate in the sentence: 'The cat sleeps on the mat.'

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The simple predicate is 'sleeps'.

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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 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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Identify the complete predicate in the sentence: 'The children played in the park.'

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The complete predicate is 'played in the park'.

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What is the difference between a simple predicate and a complete predicate?

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The simple predicate is just the verb, while the complete predicate includes the verb and all the details about what the subject is doing.