Subject and 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 subject in this sentence: 'The dog barks loudly.'

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The dog

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Identify the predicate in this sentence: 'The cat sleeps on the couch.'

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sleeps on the couch

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What is a simple subject?

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A simple subject is the main word or words in the subject of a sentence, without any modifiers.

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Give an example of a simple subject.

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Rover

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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 it.

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Identify the complete subject in this sentence: 'My big brown dog loves to play.'

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My big brown dog

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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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Identify the complete predicate in this sentence: 'The children are playing in the park.'

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are playing in the park