Simple and Complete Subjects and Predicates

What is the subject of a sentence?

• what is said about the subject
• a person, place, or thing
• who or what the sentence is about
• the sentence

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CCSS.L.1.1C

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.3.1F

CCSS.L.3.1I

What is the predicate of a sentence?

• what the subject is or does
• a person, place, thing or idea 
• a group of words that look like a sentence 
• who or what the sentence is about

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CCSS.L.1.1C

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.3.1F

CCSS.L.3.1I

Is the highlighted word a subject or a predicate?
Mr. Keene likes his school.

• Subject
• Predicate

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CCSS.L.1.1C

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.3.1F

CCSS.L.3.1I

Is the highlighted word a subject or a predicate? 
The girl liked to sing.

• Subject
• Predicate

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CCSS.L.1.1C

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.3.1F

CCSS.L.3.1I

Is the highlighted word a subject or a predicate?
Henry and Mudge loved fall.

• Subject
• Predicate

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CCSS.L.1.1C

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.3.1F

CCSS.L.3.1I

Is the highlighted word a subject or a predicate?
My teacher works very hard.

• Subject
• Predicate

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CCSS.L.1.1C

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.3.1F

CCSS.L.3.1I

Is the highlighted word a subject or a predicate?
Dogs bark.

• Predicate
• Subject

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CCSS.L.1.1C

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.3.1F

CCSS.L.3.1I

What is the complete subject in the sentence:
The girls in fourth grade sang at the concert.

• The girls
• The girls in fourth grade
• sang at the concert
• grade sang

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CCSS.L.1.1C

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.3.1F

CCSS.L.3.1I

What is the complete subject in the sentence:
All of the flowers were blooming in the garden.

• flowers
• in the garden
• garden
• All of the flowers

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CCSS.L.1.1C

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.3.1F

CCSS.L.3.1I

What is the simple subject in the sentence:
The car must have run out of gas.

• gas
• that car
• car
• out of gas

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CCSS.L.1.1C

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.3.1F

CCSS.L.3.1I