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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What is a complete subject?

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

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What is a simple subject?

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The simple subject is the main word or words in the complete subject, without any modifiers.

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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 predicate?

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The simple predicate is the main verb or verb phrase in the complete predicate.

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Example of a complete subject: 'The tall, green tree in the park.'

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The complete subject is 'The tall, green tree in the park.'

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Example of a simple subject: 'The dog barked loudly.'

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The simple subject is 'dog.'

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Example of a complete predicate: 'ran quickly to catch the bus.'

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The complete predicate is 'ran quickly to catch the bus.'

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Example of a simple predicate: 'The cat sleeps.'

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The simple predicate is 'sleeps.'