Complete Sentences

Every sentence is built from two halves. Work through each one, then test it on the line.

The subject names who or what the sentence is about. The predicate tells what the subject does or is. Together they make a complete thought. A complete sentence also begins with a capital letter and ends with an end mark.

The orange half is the subject: who or what the sentence is about. Find it by asking who or what does the action.

The green half is the predicate: it tells what the subject does or is. The verb is the engine of the predicate.

Remove the subject and you get "Raced down the hall." Raced who? Remove the predicate and you get "The whole soccer team." Did what? Each one is a fragment: a piece, not a complete thought. Doctor Noize sings it: give me a subject and a predicate, and if it is a complete thought, you can bet on it.