Subject and Predicate of a clause

Subject and Predicate of a Clause

by Carla Fesler

​Subject of a Clause

​A clause is another word for a sentence.

​CLAUSE = SENTENCE

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​A subject is the Who or What of a sentence.

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​e.g.

​The boy...

​An animal...

​We...

​Predicate of a Clause

​Clause = Sentence

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​Predicate is the rest of the sentence, starting with the VERB

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​VERB: the action of the subject in a sentence.

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​...is mowing the lawn.

​...was prowling in the cage at the zoo.

​...jumped for joy when we got to the amusement park.

Subject and Predicate

​In order to have a complete sentence, each sentence must have a complete subject and a complete predicate.