Simple Subjects and Predicates

Subject or predicate?

Sarah went to the store.

• Subject

• Predicate

Subject or Predicate?

The horse ran through the field.

• Subject

• Predicate

Joe is playing catch.

• Subject

• 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, has, or does

What is the predicate of this sentence?
The cat ran away

• the cat
• ran away

What is the complete predicate of this sentence?

Friday is the best day of the week.

• Friday

• is the best day of the week

What is the subject of this sentence?
Friday is the best day of the week.

• Friday
• is the best day of the week

Identify the complete predicate below
After school we are going to the Dairy Queen for ice cream

• After School
• we
• are going to the Dairy Queen for ice cream
• for ice cream

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1F

What is the simple subject in the following sentence?
The farmers in the hilly countryside are planting their fields this week.

• The
• hilly
• farmers
• are