Identifying Simple and Complete Predicates

Read the complete sentences below. What is the predicate?

The early morning is a busy time for the school principal.

• The early morning

• busy time

• school principal

• The early morning is a busy time

Read the complete sentences below and write the predicate.

The teacher wrote the directions on the board.

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Last night Dad prepared spaghetti and a salad for supper.

• prepared spaghetti and a salad for supper

• Last night Dad

• prepared spaghetti and a salad

• Last night prepared spaghetti and a salad for supper

Identify the complete predicate in the following sentence:

Our family likes different kinds of food.

• likes different kinds of food

• likes

• Our family

• Our family likes

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Lately, tacos have become my favorite food.

• have become my favorite food

• Lately, have become my favorite food

• become my favorite food

• my favorite food

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Last night Dad prepared spaghetti and a salad for supper.

• Dad

• prepared

• prepared spaghetti and salad

• Dad prepared

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At the Greek bakery we buy fresh pita bread.

• At the Greek bakery buy fresh pita bread

• we buy

• buy fresh pita bread

• we

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At the Greek bakery we buy fresh pita bread.

• buy

• we buy

• buy bread

• bakery buy

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Tomorrow Erica will make German potato salad.

• will make German potato salad

• Tomorrow will make German potato salad

• Erica

• make German potato salad

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Tomorrow Erica will make German potato salad.

• make

• will

• make salad

• will make