Simple Subjects & Simple Predicates

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What is a simple subject?

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Who or what the sentence is about without any describing words.

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What is a simple predicate?

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The verb without any describing words.

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Identify the simple subject in the sentence: 'Two beautiful goldfish in the pond were eating the insects on the top of the water.'

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Goldfish.

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Identify the simple predicate in the sentence: 'Billy's favorite cookie is a chocolate chip cookie.'

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Is.

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What is a verb?

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An action word.

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What does the simple subject tell us?

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It tells us who or what is doing the action in the sentence.

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What does the simple predicate tell us?

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It tells us what the subject is doing.

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Can a simple subject be more than one word?

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No, it is usually one word without describing words.

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Give an example of a simple subject.

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Dog.

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Give an example of a simple predicate.

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Runs.