Tuesday, August 25, 2020

Grammar Notes: Subject and Predicate

 The SUBJECT is the part of the sentence that tells who 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 shore 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

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