Complete Sentences: Subject and Predicate Breakdown

What are the two main questions a complete sentence must answer?

• Who is speaking, and what are they saying?

• Who or what is the sentence about, and what is happening in the sentence?

• Where is the sentence set, and who is the main character?

• What is the subject, and what is the object?

In the sentence 'The chicken is scared', what is the subject?

• The sentence

• Is scared

• The chicken

• The action

In the sentence 'The chicken is scared', what is the predicate?

• The chicken

• The sentence

• Is scared

• The subject

What is the subject in the sentence 'The monkey is listening to music'?

• The music

• The monkey

• The sentence

• Listening

What is the predicate in the sentence 'The monkey is listening to music'?

• The monkey

• The music

• Listening to music

• The sentence

Is the sentence 'Miguel's daughter is eating ice cream' complete?

• No, it lacks a subject.

• Yes, it has both a subject and a predicate.

• No, it lacks a predicate.

• No, it is missing both a subject and a predicate.

Why is the sentence 'Tamika's little baby' not complete?

• It lacks a subject.

• It lacks a predicate.

• It is too short.

• It lacks both a subject and a predicate.

What is the subject in the sentence 'Miguel's daughter is eating ice cream'?

• Eating

• Miguel

• Ice cream

• Miguel's daughter

What is the predicate in the sentence 'Miguel's daughter is eating ice cream'?

• Eating ice cream

• Miguel

• Miguel's daughter

• Ice cream

In the example 'holding a book and a test tube', what is missing?

• Nothing, it is complete

• A subject

• A predicate

• Both a subject and a predicate