Subjects & Predicates

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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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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 compound predicate?

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A compound predicate consists of two or more verbs or verb phrases that share the same subject.

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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 modify it.

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What is a compound subject?

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A compound subject consists of two or more simple subjects that share the same verb.

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Example of a complete predicate: 'The dog barked loudly.' What is the complete predicate?

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'barked loudly' is the complete predicate.

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Example of a simple subject: 'The cat is sleeping.' What is the simple subject?

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'The cat' is the simple subject.

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Example of a compound predicate: 'She danced and sang.' What is the compound predicate?

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'danced and sang' is the compound predicate.

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Example of a complete subject: 'The tall man in the blue shirt.' What is the complete subject?

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

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Example of a compound subject: 'Tom and Jerry are friends.' What is the compound subject?

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'Tom and Jerry' is the compound subject.