Subjects and Predicates

What is the predicate of a sentence?

• Who or what the sentence is about?
• tells what the subject is or does

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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 predicate in this sentence?
Mrs. Shaffer is crazy.

• Mrs. Shaffer
• is
• is crazy
• Shaffer is crazy.

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

• The turtle
• is swimming in the ocean
• turtle
• swimming

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CCSS.L.1.1C

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.3.1F

CCSS.L.3.1I

True or False:  The subject is in red and the predicate is in blue?
My mom drove us to Chuck E. Cheese's.

• True
• False

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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 SUBJECT in this sentence?
Hudson is learning how to walk.

• Hudson
• is learning how to walk.
• walk.
• Hudson is learning

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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 predicate of this sentence?
The class studied whales.

• class
• The class
• studied whales
• whales

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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 predicate in the sentence?
She drank her whole glass of milk.

• milk
• She
• drank her whole glass of milk
• drank

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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 music class attended the opera.

• music
• The music class
• attended the opera
• attended

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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 predicate in the sentence?
My mom made chocolate chip cookies.

• mom
• cookies
• made chocolate chip cookies
• my mom made

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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 gray wolf looked for its prey.

• The gray wolf
• looked
• for its prey
• wolf

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CCSS.L.3.1A