Subject and Predicate

Subject and Predicate

Subject

• The WHO or WHAT the sentence is about.

• The subject is usually a NOUN (person, place, thing), PROPER NOUN (Paris, James, Brazil), or a PROUNOUN (she , it, this).

• A subject can be SIMPLE or COMPLETE

Simple Subject

• This is simply the noun that is performing the action in the sentence.

The loud musician rocked out at the concert. 

What is the simple subject?

Multiple Choice

What is the simple subject of this sentence: ¨The big dog ate three tacos.¨

• big dog

• dog

• ate

• There is no subject

Complete Subject

• All the words that tell the WHO or the WHAT that is performing the action in the sentence.

The loud musician rocked out at the concert. 

What is the simple subject?

Multiple Choice

What is the complete subject of this sentence: ¨The big dog ate three tacos.¨

• The big dog

• dog

• ate

• ate three tacos

Predicate

• The action part of the sentence that tells what the subject does or is. 

• Always includes a verb (the action word)

• A predicate can be SIMPLE or COMPLETE

Kim ran twenty miles in the mountains. 

What is the simple predicate?

Kim is twenty-six years old.

What is the simple predicate?

Multiple Choice

What is the simple predicate of this sentence: ¨The big dog ate three tacos.¨

• big dog

• dog

• ate

• ate three tacos

Kim ran twenty miles in the mountains. 

What is the complete predicate?

Multiple Choice

What is the complete predicate of this sentence: ¨The big dog ate three tacos.¨

• big dog

• dog

• ate

• ate three tacos

Open Ended

What is the simple subject of this sentence?

¨The big moose jumped over a fence.¨

Open Ended

What is the complete subject of this sentence?

¨The big moose jumped over a fence.¨

Open Ended

What is the simple predicate of this sentence?

¨The big moose jumped over a fence.¨

Open Ended

What is the complete predicate of this sentence?

¨The big moose jumped over a fence.¨