Complete Subjects/Complete Predicates

Complete Subjects/Complete Predicates

By Kathi McDonagh

A sentence is a group of words that tell a complete thought.

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That means the sentence must tell who or what. It must also tell what is or what happens.​

​The part of the sentence that tells who or what is is called the subject.

These are complete sentences.

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The playground was open to the public.

What is the subject?

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Mabel was going to the store after work.

What is the subject?​

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Multiple Choice

What is the complete subject of this sentence?

The brown dog ate his dinner.

• dog

• the brown dog

• ate

• ate his dinner

Multiple Choice

What is the complete subject in this sentence?

Mary and Joe have music lessons in the afternoon.

• music lessons

• in the afternoon

• have music lessons

• Mary and Joe

Multiple Choice

What is the complete subject of this sentence?

Lifeguards watch the swimmers carefully.

• watch

• swimmers

• lifeguards

• carefully

​The part of the sentence that tells what is or what happens is called the predicate.

​These are complete sentences.

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The road has too many potholes.

What is the complete predicate?

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I saw a rainbow after the storm.

What is the complete predicate?​

Multiple Choice

What is the complete predicate of this sentence?

Several birds flew overhead.

• flew overhead

• several birds

• flew

• birds

Multiple Choice

What is the complete predicate of this sentence?

A large fish swam through the coral.

• a large fish

• swam through the coral

• large fish swam

• through the coral

Multiple Choice

What is the complete predicate of this sentence?

Some people attend baseball games.

• some people

• baseball games

• people attend

• attend baseball games

Poll

I can identify the complete subject and complete predicate of a sentence.

• Yes

• No

• Probably