Subjects and Predicates

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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, including modifiers.

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What is a Simple Subject?

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The Simple Subject is the main word or words in the subject of a sentence, excluding modifiers.

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What is a Complete Predicate?

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The Complete Predicate includes all the words that tell what the subject does or is, including the verb and any modifiers.

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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 predicate of a sentence.

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Identify the Complete Subject in the sentence: 'The dog barked loudly.'

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The Complete Subject is 'The dog'.

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Identify the Simple Subject in the sentence: 'The children played in the park.'

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The Simple Subject is 'children'.

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

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The Complete Predicate is 'slept on the mat'.

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Identify the Simple Predicate in the sentence: 'She runs every morning.'

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The Simple Predicate is 'runs'.

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What is the role of the subject in a sentence?

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The subject tells who or what the sentence is about.

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What is the role of the predicate in a sentence?

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The predicate tells what the subject does or is.