Subjects and Predicates

What is a complete subject?

• The complete subject is the part of a sentence that includes the noun or pronoun that the sentence is about, along with any modifiers.

• The complete subject is the part of a sentence that includes the adverb or adverbial phrase of the sentence.

• The complete subject is the part of a sentence that includes the object of the sentence.

• The complete subject is the part of a sentence that includes the verb or action of the sentence.

What is a simple subject?

• The object of the sentence.

• The main noun or pronoun that the sentence is about.

• The verb in the sentence.

• The adverb in the sentence.

What is a complete predicate?

• The complete predicate includes only the verb.

• The complete predicate includes the subject and the verb.

• The complete predicate includes only the words that modify the verb.

• The complete predicate includes the verb and all the words that modify or complete the meaning of the verb.

What is a simple predicate?

• The main verb or verb phrase in a sentence that tells what the subject is doing or being.

• The subject of a sentence

• The adjective in a sentence

• The object of a sentence

Identify the complete subject in the following sentence: 'The cat chased the mouse.'

• Chased the mouse

• The cat

• The mouse

• The cat chased

Identify the simple subject in the following sentence: 'The dog barked loudly.'

• barked

• dog

• loudly

• The

Identify the complete predicate in the following sentence: 'Sheila is reading a book.'

• is reading

• is reading book

• is reading a novel

• is reading a book

Identify the simple predicate in the following sentence: 'The birds are singing.'

• The

• The birds

• are singing

• singing

What is the complete subject in the sentence: 'My sister and I went to the park.'

• My sister and I

• My sister and me

• My sister and her

• My sister and she

What is the simple predicate in the sentence: 'The students studied for the test.'

• The

• studied

• students

• for the test.