subjects and predicates

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What is a subject in a sentence?

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The subject is the part of a 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 a sentence that tells something about the subject, including the verb and any objects or modifiers.

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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 simple predicate and all the words that describe what the subject does.

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Identify the simple subject: 'The tall man ran quickly.'

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The simple subject is 'man'.

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Identify the complete subject: 'The tall man ran quickly.'

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The complete subject is 'The tall man'.

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Identify the simple predicate: 'The tall man ran quickly.'

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The simple predicate is 'ran'.

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Identify the complete predicate: 'The tall man ran quickly.'

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The complete predicate is 'ran quickly'.