Subject and Predicate Review

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What is the subject of a sentence?

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The subject is who or what the sentence is about.

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What is the predicate of a sentence?

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The predicate is the action or state of being in the sentence.

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What is a simple subject?

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A simple subject is the main noun or pronoun that tells who or what the sentence is about, without any modifiers.

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What is a complete subject?

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A complete subject includes the simple subject and all the words that describe or modify it.

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What is a simple predicate?

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A simple predicate is the main verb or verb phrase that tells what the subject does.

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What is a complete predicate?

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

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

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The subject is 'The dog'.

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

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The predicate is 'slept on the mat'.

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In the sentence 'The students are studying for the test,' what is the complete subject?

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The complete subject is 'The students'.

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In the sentence 'The teacher explained the lesson,' what is the simple predicate?

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The simple predicate is 'explained'.