Simple/Complete Subjects and Simple/Complete 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, 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 modify it, providing more detail about who or what the sentence is about.

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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 or is.

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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 modify it, providing more detail about what the subject does.

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Identify the simple subject in the sentence: 'The dog barked loudly.'

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The simple subject is 'dog'.

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Identify the complete subject in the sentence: 'The tall man in the blue shirt is my uncle.'

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The complete subject is 'The tall man in the blue shirt'.

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Identify the simple predicate in the sentence: 'The cat slept on the couch.'

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The simple predicate is 'slept'.

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Identify the complete predicate in the sentence: 'The children played soccer in the park.'

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The complete predicate is 'played soccer in the park'.

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True or False: The complete subject of the sentence 'My sister and I went to the store.' is 'My sister and I'.

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True.

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True or False: The simple predicate of the sentence 'The flowers bloom in spring.' is 'bloom in spring'.

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False. The simple predicate is 'bloom'.