Simple and Complete Subjects & Predicates

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What is a simple subject?

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The simple subject is the main word or words in a subject that tell who or what the sentence is about. Example: In 'The dog barks,' 'dog' is the simple subject.

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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. Example: In 'The big brown dog barks,' 'The big brown dog' is the complete subject.

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What is a simple predicate?

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The simple predicate is the main verb or verb phrase that tells what the subject does. Example: In 'The dog barks,' 'barks' is the simple predicate.

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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 the subject does. Example: In 'The dog barks loudly,' 'barks loudly' is the complete predicate.

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What is a compound subject?

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A compound subject consists of two or more subjects that share the same verb. Example: In 'Tom and Jerry run,' 'Tom and Jerry' is the compound subject.

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What is a compound predicate?

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A compound predicate consists of two or more verbs or verb phrases that share the same subject. Example: In 'The dog barks and runs,' 'barks and runs' is the compound predicate.

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Identify the simple subject: 'The tall girl sings beautifully.'

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The simple subject is 'girl'.

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Identify the complete subject: 'The tall girl sings beautifully.'

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The complete subject is 'The tall girl'.

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Identify the simple predicate: 'The tall girl sings beautifully.'

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The simple predicate is 'sings'.

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Identify the complete predicate: 'The tall girl sings beautifully.'

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The complete predicate is 'sings beautifully'.