Subjects and Predicates

Identify the simple subject in the following sentence: Sam and Katrina wave at each other.

Sam / Katrina

Identify the complete subject in the following sentence: Sam and Katrina wave at each other.

Sam and Katrina

Identify the complete subject in the following sentence: The lonely moon rose over the mountain and disappeared behind the clouds.

The lonely moon

What is a simple predicate?

The verb(s) Ex. CHEERED for the team

What is the complete subject?

all of the words in the sentence belonging to the subject Ex. (The noisy crowd) cheered for the team.

Identify the simple subject(s) in the following sentence: Three books and two pictures are sitting on our new shelf.

books/pictures

Identify the simple subject in the following sentence: The lonely moon rose over the mountain and disappeared behind the clouds.

moon

What is the simple subject?

noun(s) or pronoun(s) Ex. The noisy CROWD

Identify the simple predicate(s) in the following sentence: The lion roared and pounced on his prey.

roared/pounced

Identify the simple predicate in the following sentence: The lonely moon rose over the mountains and disappeared behind the clouds.

rose / disappeared

Identify the complete predicate in the following sentence: The lonely moon rose over the mountain and disappeared behind the clouds.

rose over the mountain and disappeared behind the clouds.

Identify the simple predicate in the following sentence: Sam and Katrina wave at each other.

wave

Identify the complete predicate in the following sentence: Sam and Katrina wave at each other.

wave at each other

What is a predicate?

what the subject is doing

When is a subject or predicate compound?

when there is more than one

What is a subject?

who or what the sentence is about

What is a complete predicate?

All of the words in a sentence belonging to the predicate. Ex. The noisy crowd (cheered for the team).