Identifying Simple and Complete Predicates

What does a predicate tell us in a sentence?

• The description of the subject

• The subject of the sentence

• The action of the sentence

• The object of the sentence

In the sentence 'Birds fly', what is the predicate?

• Birds

• Fly

• Birds fly

• The

What is a simple predicate?

• The verb in a predicate

• The description of the verb

• The object of the sentence

• The subject of the sentence

In the sentence 'One large truck passed our car', what is the simple predicate?

• Our car

• One large truck

• Truck

• Passed

In the sentence 'The small turtles were by the lake', what is the simple predicate?

• Turtles

• By the lake

• Were

• Small turtles

In the sentence 'We went to school at 7:30 am', what is the complete predicate?

• We

• School at 7:30 am

• Went

• Went to school at 7:30 am

In the sentence 'Every student finished the exam', what is the complete predicate?

• The exam

• Finished the exam

• Finished

• Every student

In the sentence 'The cute dog ran inside quickly', what is the complete predicate?

• The cute dog

• Ran

• Ran inside quickly

• Inside quickly

In the sentence 'The zoo near their house has polar bears', what is the complete predicate?

• Polar bears

• Has

• The zoo

• Has polar bears

In the sentence 'That flower in our garden is beautiful', what is the complete predicate?

• That flower

• Is

• Is beautiful

• Beautiful