Simple Sentences

What is a subject in a sentence?

• The subject is the part of the sentence that tells who or what the sentence is about.

• The subject is the action performed in the sentence.

• The subject is the location where the action takes place.

• The subject is the time when the action occurs.

What is a complete predicate?

• The complete predicate includes all the words that tell what the subject does or is.

• The complete predicate is only the verb in a sentence.

• The complete predicate is the subject of the sentence.

• The complete predicate is a phrase that describes the subject's characteristics.

Identify the complete predicate in this sentence: 'The desert tortoise slowly crawled across the road.'

• The desert tortoise

• slowly crawled

• crawled across the road

• across the road

Identify the complete subject in this sentence: 'The orange leaves fell from the tree.'

• The orange leaves

• Fell from the tree

• The tree

• The orange

What is a simple sentence?

• A sentence that contains only a subject.

• A sentence that contains a subject and a predicate, expressing a complete thought.

• A sentence that is always a question.

• A sentence that contains multiple clauses.

Identify the complete predicate in this sentence: 'Jason and I sat in the shade.'

• sat in the shade

• Jason and I

• in the shade

• sat

What is a simple predicate?

• The simple predicate is the main verb in the complete predicate, without any modifiers.

• The simple predicate includes all the modifiers of the verb.

• The simple predicate is a phrase that describes the subject.

• The simple predicate is the subject of the sentence.

What is a predicate in a sentence?

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

• The predicate is the subject of the sentence.

• The predicate is a type of conjunction used in complex sentences.

• The predicate is the introductory phrase of a sentence.

What is a complete subject?

• The complete subject includes all the words that tell who or what the sentence is about.

• The complete subject is only the main noun of the sentence.

• The complete subject is the part of the sentence that contains the verb.

• The complete subject is the entire sentence itself.

What does it mean to identify the predicate of a sentence?

• To find out what the subject is doing or what is being said about the subject.

• To determine the main idea of the sentence.

• To identify the subject of the sentence only.

• To analyze the grammatical structure of the sentence.