Subject/Predicate

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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 what the subject does or is.

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What is a complete subject?

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The complete subject includes all the words that tell who or what the sentence is about.

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What is a complete predicate?

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The complete predicate includes all the words that tell what the subject does or is.

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What is a simple subject?

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The simple subject is the main word or words in the complete subject, without 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 in the complete predicate.

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Identify the simple subject in the sentence: 'The cat sleeps.'

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The simple subject is 'cat'.

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Identify the complete predicate in the sentence: 'The dog barked loudly.'

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The complete predicate is 'barked loudly'.

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True or False: A complete sentence must have both a subject and a predicate.

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True.

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What part of speech is a simple predicate always?

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A simple predicate is always a verb.