Subjects and Predicates

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What is a subject in a sentence?

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The subject is the part of a sentence that tells who or what the sentence is about.

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What is a predicate in a sentence?

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The predicate is the part of a sentence that tells what the subject does or is.

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Identify the subject: The girls in fourth grade sang at the concert.

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The girls in fourth grade.

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Identify the subject: The car that's behind the building is stuck.

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The car that's behind the building.

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Identify the predicate: The dog barked loudly.

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barked loudly.

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What is a verb?

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A verb is a word that describes an action or a state of being.

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Identify the verb in the predicate: The spy satellite plummeted and crashed in the Pacific Ocean.

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plummeted and crashed.

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What is an example of a simple subject?

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The cat.

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What is an example of a compound subject?

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Tom and Jerry.

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What is an example of a complete predicate?

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ran quickly to the store.