Subject and Predicate

What is the subject of a sentence?

• the verb

• the action in the sentence

• tells who are what the sentence is about

What is the predicate of a sentence

• Who the sentence is about?

• tells what the subject is or does

What is the subject of this sentence?
The turtle is swimming in the ocean.

• The turtle

• is swimming in the ocean

What is the complete predicate of this sentence?

Mrs. Harris loves her students

• Mrs. Harris

• loves

• her students

• loves her students

What is the complete subject of the following sentence?
Many babies respond well to music.

• Many babies

• babies

• respond

• respond well to music

What is the predicate of a sentence?

• what is said about the subject. 

• a person, place, thing or idea. 

• a group of words that look like a sentence. 

• who or what the sentences is about

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

• Subject

• Predicate

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

• Subject

• Predicate

Identify the simple subject of the sentence below:
Mrs. Mackay's class went to see a movie.

• Mrs. Mackay

• class

• movie

• went

What is the complete predicate of this sentence?
The school librarian knows all about caves.

• The school librarian

• knows all about caves

• knows all

• librarian