Subjects and Predicates

What is a subject?

• The action words
• The main noun or noun phrase in a sentence
• A prepositional phrase

What is a predicate?

• The main verb or verb phrase in a sentence
• A person, place, or thing
• A conjunctional phrase

What is the subject of this sentence? 
I love you.

• love
• I
• you

What is the predicate of this sentence? 
I love you.

• I
• love
• you

What is the SIMPLE subject of this sentence? 
The man with the limp walked with a cane.

• man
• with the limp
• the limp

What is the COMPLETE subject of this sentence? 
The man with the limp walked with a cane.

• The man with the limp
• walked
• walked with
• cane

What is the SIMPLE predicate of this sentence? 
The man with the limp walked with a cane.

• man with the limp
• cane
• man
• walked

What is the COMPLETE predicate of this sentence? 
The man with the limp walked with a cane.

• walked with
• walked with a cane
• walked