Every sentence splits into a subject half and a predicate half.
Subject & Predicate
Every sentence is built from two halves. Work through each one, then test it on the line.
Complete subject
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Complete predicate
Two halves, one complete thought
Every sentence divides into a complete subject and a complete predicate. Put the orange half and the green half together, and you have a complete thought.
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Myfavoritemusicplayedontheradio.
Now you try
Put a who or what together with what they do. That is a complete thought.
The complete subject and the simple subject
We begin with the complete subject, the orange half: who or what the sentence is about. The single main noun inside it is the simple subject.
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MySpanishteacherwaved.
Simple subject: “teacher.”
Now you try
Pick a person, an animal, or a thing. That noun is your simple subject.
The complete predicate and the simple predicate
Next, the complete predicate, the green half: everything said about the subject. Its engine is the verb, and that verb is the simple predicate.
On the line
Thatkittenracedaway.
raced = action verb; away tells where.
Now you try
Add an action word: ran, jumped, sang. That verb is your simple predicate.
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