Subject and Predicate Review

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

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

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

The complete subject includes the simple subject and all the words that modify it.

The simple predicate is the main verb or verb phrase in the predicate of a sentence.

The complete predicate includes the verb and all the words that tell what the subject does, is, or has.

In the sentence 'The dog barked,' the simple subject is 'dog.'

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

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

In the sentence 'The dog barked loudly at the stranger,' the complete predicate is 'barked loudly at the stranger.'