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Complete Subjects and Complete Predicates, Study notes of Grammar and Composition

The complete predicate includes all the words that tell what the subject is, has, does, or feels. • Notice that the sentence does not have to be short to be ...

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Complete Subjects and Complete Predicates
• The complete subject includes all the words that tell whom or what the sentence is about.
• The complete predicate includes all the words that tell what the subject is, has, does, or feels.
Notice that the sentence does not have to be short to be simple. It can have many phrases and still be a
“simple” sentence.
Complete Subject
Complete Predicate
An early form of the bicycle
was invented in France in 1690.
It
did not have pedals or steering!
The huge, green, slimy alien from Mars
waved to us from his space ship.
.
Simple Subjects and Simple Predicates
• The simple subject is the key word or words in the complete subject. It is usually a noun or a pronoun.
• The simple predicate is the key word or words in the complete predicate. It is always a verb.
Complete Subject
Complete Predicate
The man in the doorway
is my Uncle Fred.
Simple Subject
Simple Predicate
man
is
Complete Subject
Complete Predicate
The huge, green, slimy alien from Mars
waved to us from his space ship.
Simple Subject
Simple Predicate
alien
waved

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Complete Subjects and Complete Predicates

  • The complete subject includes all the words that tell whom or what the sentence is about.
  • The complete predicate includes all the words that tell what the subject is, has, does, or feels.
  • Notice that the sentence does not have to be short to be simple. It can have many phrases and still be a “simple” sentence.

Complete Subject Complete Predicate An early form of the bicycle was invented in France in 1690. It did not have pedals or steering! The huge, green, slimy alien from Mars waved to us from his space ship. .

Simple Subjects and Simple Predicates

  • The simple subject is the key word or words in the complete subject. It is usually a noun or a pronoun.
  • The simple predicate is the key word or words in the complete predicate. It is always a verb.

Complete Subject Complete Predicate The man in the doorway is my Uncle Fred. Simple Subject Simple Predicate man is Complete Subject Complete Predicate The huge, green, slimy alien from Mars waved to us from his space ship. Simple Subject Simple Predicate alien waved