Simple and Compound Subjects

Simple and Compound Subjects and Predicates

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What is a subject in a sentence?

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What is a predicate in a sentence?

A subject

is the person, place, or thing that is performing the action in a sentence.

A predicate

is the part of the sentence when the action is described and when we can find the complementary information about the subject.

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What do you think that a simple and a compund subject are?

A simple subject

is when only one thing, place, or person is written in the sentence.

Example: Juan is playing football.

A compund subject

is when two or more people, things, or places are written in the sentence.

Ex: Maria and Carlos are going to the movies.

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What do you think that a compund and simple predicate are?

A simple predicate

is when only one verb is written in the sentence.

Ex: Mariana runs in the park.

A compund predicate

is when two or more verbs are written in the sentence.

Ex: Jerry runs and plays with his dog.

Multiple Select

Mark all the kinds of predicates and subject that exist.

• compound

• simple

• red

Multiple Choice

Is the subject compound or simple? Maria wakes up early

• compound

• simple

• none

Multiple Choice

Is the subject compound or simple? Jorge and Andrew work together.

• compound

• simple

• none

Multiple Choice

Is the subject compound or simple? Dogs and cats are always fighting.

• compound

• simple

• none

Multiple Choice

Is the subject compound or simple? My brother is very smart.

• compound

• simple

• none

Multiple Choice

Is the predicate compound or simple? The dog chases the cat.

• compound

• simple

• none

Multiple Choice

Is the predicate compound or simple? Mike follows and persuades his dreams.

• compound

• simple

• none

Multiple Choice

Is the predicate compound or simple? Charlie eats and drinks milk at 7:00am.

• compound

• simple

• none