Subjects and Predicates

The subject is the part of the sentence that tells whom or what the sentence is about.

·       My brother Bill rode his purple bike.

o   Who rode the bike? Bill

o   Bill is the subject of the sentence.

·       The large waves crashed to the short during the storm.

o   What crashed?  The waves.

o   Waves are the subject of the sentence.

The predicate is  the part of the sentence that tells what the subject of the sentence does.

·       My brother Bill rode his purple bike.

o   What did Bill do?   He rode his bike.

o   Rode is the verb (predicate)

Complete Subject and Complete Predicate

All the words in the subject are called the complete subject.

·       My brother Bill rode his purple bike.

·       The complete subject:   My brother Bill

All the words in the predicate are called the complete predicate.

·       My brother Bill rode his purple bike.

·       The complete predicate:   rode his purple bike