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