Subject and Predicate

The school bus always arrives on time to fetch us for school.

• Subject

• Predicate

Find the entire predicate: Ana could not wait to get home after seventh period.

• Ana

• could not wait to get home after seventh period.

• home after seventh period

A man

• Subject

• Predicate

Define subject?

• the action taking place

• who or what the sentence is about.

Define predicate.

• the action or verb portion of the sentence

• a person, place, thing or idea.

• a group of words that look like a sentence.

Find the subject: John looked out of the window to check the sky. 

• John

• John looked

• John looked out

Find the predicate: My friends are taking guitar lessons.

• guitar lessons.

• My friends

• are taking guitar lessons.

The dog

• Subject

• Predicate

ran far away

• Subject

• Predicate

My fat cat

• Subject

• Predicate