Subjects and predicates

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What is a subject in a sentence?

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

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What is a predicate in a sentence?

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

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Identify the subject in this sentence: 'The cat sleeps on the mat.'

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The subject is 'The cat'.

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Identify the predicate in this sentence: 'The dog barks loudly.'

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The predicate is 'barks loudly'.

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What is a simple subject?

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The simple subject is the main word or words in the subject without any modifiers.

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What is a complete subject?

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The complete subject includes the simple subject and all the words that describe it.

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What is a simple predicate?

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The simple predicate is the main verb or verb phrase in the predicate.

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What is a complete predicate?

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The complete predicate includes the verb and all the words that tell what happened.

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What is a compound subject?

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A compound subject consists of two or more subjects that share the same verb.

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What is a compound predicate?

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A compound predicate consists of two or more verbs or verb phrases that share the same subject.