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 simple subject?

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

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What is a complete subject?

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

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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 predicate of a sentence.

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What is a complete predicate?

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The complete predicate includes the simple predicate and all the words that tell what happened in the sentence.

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Identify the subject: 'The dog barked loudly.'

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The subject is 'The dog'.

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

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The predicate is 'slept on the mat'.

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What is the simple subject in 'The tall man ran fast.'?

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The simple subject is 'man'.

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What is the complete subject in 'The little girl with the red hat is singing.'?

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The complete subject is 'The little girl with the red hat'.