Simple, Complete, and Compound Subjects and Predicates
A wolf stood atop a snowy hill and howled. What is the complete predicate?
stood atop a snowy hill and howled
A wolf stood atop a snowy hill and howled. What is the compound predicate?
stood howled
What is the compound predicate in the following sentence? We went to the store and bought candy.
went bought
What is the simple predicate?
The simple predicate is the verb or verb phrase preforming the sentence
What is the simple predicate in the following sentence? Arnold never speaks to unfriendly polar bears.
speaks
What two parts does every sentence need?
A complete sentence requires a subject and a predicate.
What is a complete subject?
A complete subject contains all of the words that help to identify the main person, place, thing, or idea (noun) in the sentence
What is a compound predicate?
Compound predicates are two or more verbs that share the same subject.
What is a compound subject?
Compound subjects are two or more subjects that share the same verb.
What is the compound subject in the following sentence? Juan and Julian worked so hard on their project
Juan Julian
Are peanuts and chocolate chips in this dessert? The complete subject is
Peanuts and chocolate
What is the predicate of a sentence?
The predicate tells something about the subject.
What is the simple subject?
The simple subject is the main noun that is preforming the word
What is the subject of a sentence?
The subject is what (or whom) the sentence is about.
What is the complete subject in the following sentence? The tiny sea turtles turned instinctively toward the ocean.
The tiny sea turtles
What additional part of speech is needed to make a compound subject or a compound predicate?
You need a conjunction.
Does the following sentence contain a compound subject, a compound predicate, or neither? He or she could tell you.
compound subject
Does the following sentence contain a compound subject, a compound predicate, or neither? Some boys and girls rode their bikes along a path.
compound subject
What is the complete predicate in the following sentence? This eight-legged pest is related to the tick and the spider.
is related to the tick and the spider
What is the compound predicate in the following sentence? The laughing girls jumped into the stream and ran through the water.
jumped ran
Does the following sentence contain a compound subject, a compound predicate, or neither? Within a week, the detective had checked with several of the witnesses.
neither (but it does have three prepositional phrases!)
What is the simple subject in the following sentence? A large number of swimmers competed in the race this year.
number (It is not swimmers because swimmers is a object of the preposition)