Grammar: Simple and Complete Subjects/Predicates

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What is a simple subject?

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The simple subject is the main word or words in a subject that tell who or what the sentence is about, excluding 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 modify it.

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What is a simple predicate?

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The simple predicate is the verb or verb phrase that tells what the subject does or is.

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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 in the sentence.

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Identify the simple subject: 'The dog barked loudly.'

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The simple subject is 'dog'.

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Identify the complete subject: 'The big brown dog barked loudly.'

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The complete subject is 'The big brown dog'.

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Identify the simple predicate: 'The dog ran fast.'

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The simple predicate is 'ran'.

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Identify the complete predicate: 'The dog ran fast to catch the ball.'

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The complete predicate is 'ran fast to catch the ball'.

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What is the difference between a subject and a predicate?

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The subject tells who or what the sentence is about, while the predicate tells what the subject does or is.

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Example of a sentence with a simple subject and simple predicate:

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'The cat sleeps.' (Simple subject: 'cat', Simple predicate: 'sleeps')