Subject and 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 an example of a subject?

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In the sentence 'The cat sleeps,' 'The cat' is the subject.

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What is an example of a predicate?

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In the sentence 'The dog barks loudly,' 'barks loudly' is the predicate.

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What happens if a sentence is missing a subject?

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The sentence would not make sense and would be incomplete.

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What happens if a sentence is missing a predicate?

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The sentence would not form a complete thought.

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Identify the subject: 'The teacher explained the lesson.'

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'The teacher' is the subject.

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Identify the predicate: 'The children played in the park.'

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'played in the park' is the predicate.

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What is a complete sentence?

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A complete sentence has both a subject and a predicate and expresses a complete thought.

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What is a simple subject?

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A simple subject is the main noun or pronoun in a sentence without any modifiers.