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 something about the subject, usually containing a verb.

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What is a complete subject?

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The complete subject includes the main noun and all its modifiers.

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What is a complete predicate?

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

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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 sentence without any modifiers.

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What is the difference between a subject and a predicate?

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The subject tells who or what the sentence is about, while the predicate tells what the subject does or is.

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Identify the complete subject in the sentence: 'The dog with the brown fur barked loudly.'

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The complete subject is 'The dog with the brown fur'.

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Identify the complete predicate in the sentence: 'The cat slept on the warm windowsill.'

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The complete predicate is 'slept on the warm windowsill'.

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What does it mean if a phrase is missing a predicate?

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It means that the phrase does not have a verb or action that describes what the subject is doing.

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What does it mean if a phrase is missing a subject?

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It means that the phrase does not identify who or what is performing the action.