Simple Subjects and 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 sentence that tell who or what the sentence is about, without 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 that tells what the subject does or is.

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

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dog

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

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sleeps

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What is the difference between a simple subject and a complete subject?

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A simple subject is just the main noun, while a complete subject includes the simple subject and all its modifiers.

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What is the difference between a simple predicate and a complete predicate?

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A simple predicate is just the main verb, while a complete predicate includes the verb and all the words that tell what happened.

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Identify the simple subject in the sentence: 'My brother and I went to the store.'

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brother

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Identify the simple predicate in the sentence: 'She is reading a book.'

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is reading

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In the sentence 'The flowers bloom in spring,' what is the simple subject?

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flowers

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

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explained