Subject & Predicate

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What is a simple subject?

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A simple subject is the main word or words in a subject that tell who or what the sentence is about, without any modifiers.

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What is a complete subject?

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A complete subject includes the simple subject and all the words that describe or modify it.

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What is a simple predicate?

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

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What is a compound subject?

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A compound subject has two or more simple subjects that share the same verb.

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What is a compound predicate?

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A compound predicate has two or more verbs or verb phrases that share the same subject.

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Example of a simple subject in a sentence.

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In the sentence 'The cat sleeps,' 'cat' is the simple subject.

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Example of a complete subject in a sentence.

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In the sentence 'The big brown dog barks,' 'The big brown dog' is the complete subject.

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Example of a simple predicate in a sentence.

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In the sentence 'The dog runs,' 'runs' is the simple predicate.

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Example of a complete predicate in a sentence.

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In the sentence 'The dog runs quickly in the park,' 'runs quickly in the park' is the complete predicate.