Complete Subjects and Predicates

What is a complete subject?

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

• 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 object of the sentence.

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

What is a complete predicate?

• The complete predicate is the part of a sentence that tells where the subject is.

• The complete predicate is the part of a sentence that tells who the subject is.

• The complete predicate is the part of a sentence that tells when the subject is.

• The complete predicate is the part of a sentence that tells what the subject does or is.

Identify the complete subject in the following sentence: 'The cat is sleeping.'

• The cat

• The cat is awake

• The cat is sleeping

• The cat is

Identify the complete predicate in the following sentence: 'Sheila is playing the piano.'

• is playing piano

• is playing

• is playing the piano

• is playing music

Separate the complete subject and complete predicate in the following sentence: 'The dog barks loudly.'

• The dog / barks loudly

• The dog barks / loudly

• The / dog barks loudly

• The dog / loudly barks

Separate the complete subject and complete predicate in the following sentence: 'My sister and I are going to the park.'

• My sister and I / are going.

• My sister and I / are going to the park.

• My sister and I / are going to the park.

• My sister and I / are going to park.

Complete the sentence with a subject and predicate: '______ is reading a book.'

• Mary is reading a book.

• The dog is reading a book.

• The tree is reading a book.

• John is reading a book.

Complete the sentence with a subject and predicate: 'The birds ______ in the sky.'

• swim

• crawl

• hop

• fly

Identify the simple subject in the following sentence: 'The tall tree sways in the wind.'

• sways

• tall

• wind

• tree

Identify the simple predicate in the following sentence: 'The students are studying for the test.'

• studying for the

• are studying

• for the test

• The students