Identifying Subjects and Predicates

Find the Simple Predicate in the following sentence: My favorite book is long.

• My favorite book

• My book

• is long

• is

Find the Complete Predicate in the following sentence: The girl threw the ball at me.

• ball

• The Girl

• threw

• threw at me

Find the Complete Predicate in the following sentence: John was running towards the ice cream truck.

• John

• truck

• was running towards the ice cream truck

• was running

Find the Complete Predicate in the following sentence: My favorite book is long.

• My favorite book

• My book

• is long

• is

Find the Complete Predicate in the following sentence: In my friend's yard, my dog buried a bone.

• In my friend's yard

• dog

• buried a bone

• my dog buried a bone

The Canadian flag bears a red maple leaf.

• complete subject

• complete predicate

• simple subject

• simple predicate

Umberto Nobile, an Italian, flew over the North Pole in an airship in 1926.

• complete subject

• complete predicate

• simple subject

• simple predicate

Subject or Predicate?

Ted and Sam saw a dog.

• Subject

• Predicate

An American, Theodore Maiman, developed the laser in 1960.

• complete subject

• complete predicate

• simple subject

• simple predicate

Vostok, Antarctica, holds the record for the lowest temperature on the earth’s surface.

• complete subject

• complete predicate

• simple subject

• simple predicate