Which word or phrase is the complete subject?
Which word or phrase is the complete subject?
A complete subject is the main word or words including any modifiers “doing” the action of the sentence.
What is complete subject and complete predicate?
The complete subject includes all the words that tell whom or what the sentence is about. • The complete predicate includes all the words that tell what the subject is, has, does, or feels.
What word usually starts the complete predicate?
verb
What is the predicate of a sentence?
A subject is the noun or pronoun-based part of a sentence, and a predicate is the verb-based part that the subject performs.
What is the difference between simple predicate and complete predicate?
The simple predicate (simple verb) is a single word (or group of words if a verb phrase) representing the verb without any of its modifiers whereas a complete predicate refers to the predicate/verb as well as all of its modifiers.
What’s the difference between a verb and a predicate?
A verb is a word class. And subject and predicate are the two main parts of a sentence. The predicate consists of a verb and its object(s) or when the verb is a linking verb as to be of verb and complement. A sentence makes a statement, a complete statement, and consists of the two parts, subject and predicate.
How do you teach predicates?
Introduction
- Give the definition for subject, the person or thing being discussed in a sentence, and for predicate, the part of the sentence containing a verb and discussing the subject.
- Write an example sentence on the board and underline the subject once and the predicate twice.
What is predicate adjective examples?
A predicate adjective is one of many different types of adjectives. Basically, predicate adjectives modify the subject of the sentence. In the sentence “The wall is purple,” the subject is “wall,” the predicate adjective is “purple” and the linking verb is “is.” So, it’s subject, verb, and predicate adjective.