Subjects and Predicates Review

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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, usually containing a verb.

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What is a simple subject?

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The simple subject is the main word or words in the subject of a sentence, excluding any modifiers.

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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 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 a fragment?

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A fragment is a group of words that does not express a complete thought and is not a complete sentence.

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What is a run-on sentence?

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A run-on sentence is two or more complete sentences that are incorrectly joined together without proper punctuation.

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

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The subject is 'The dog'.

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

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The predicate is 'slept on the mat'.

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What is the difference between a subject and a predicate?

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The subject tells who or what the sentence is about, while the predicate tells what the subject does or is.