Simple Subject
What is the simple subject?
It is who or what the sentence is about.
What is the simple predicate?
It is the verb or verb phrase. It tells what the subject does, what the subject have, or what the subject is like.
What the complete subject?
It is the simple subject and its modifiers.
What the complete predicate?
It is the simple predicate and all of its modifiers.
What is a compound subject, and what is a compound predicate?
A compound subject is two or more subjects with the same predicate joined by and, or, or nor. A compound predicate is two or more verbs with the same subject joined by and, or, nor, but, or yet.
What is the simple subject in the following sentence? The kid in the purple shirt knows a lot of Latin.
kid
What is the simple predicate in the following sentence? Katie sold the ticket for twenty dollars.
sold
What is the complete subject in the following sentence? The kid in the purple shirt knows a lot of Latin.
The kid in the purple shirt
What the complete predicate in the following sentence? Katie sold the ticket for twenty dollars.
sold the ticket for twenty dollars
Is there a compound subject in the following sentence? If yes, what is it? Bob and Barry bought and brought books.
There is a compound subject. It is Bob and Barry.
What is the simple subject in the following sentence? Harry, clean the dishes now.
You (It is implied!)
What is the simple predicate in the following sentence? After the end of the event, the boys did not help with cleaning up.
did help
What is the complete subject in the following sentence? Clean the dishes now.
You (It is implied)
What the complete predicate in the following sentence? Ron has played chess before.
has played chess before.
Is there a compound predicate in the following sentence? If yes, what is it? Mary and Sally sold sea shells at the sea shore.
There is no compound predicate.
What is the simple subject in the following sentence? Here is Fred, jumping on his bed.
Fred
What is the simple predicate in the following sentence? Ron has played chess before.
has played
What is the complete subject in the following sentence? Here is Fred, jumping on his bed.
Fred, jumping on his bed,
What the complete predicate in the following sentence? Bob, waking up on the couch, wanted to eat something.
wanted to eat something
Is there a compound subject in the following sentence? If yes, what is it? Is there a compound predicate in the following sentence? If yes, what is it? Amy and Arnold played and read books.
There is a compound subject and compound predicate. The compound subject is Amy and Arnold. The compound predicate is played and read.
What is the simple subject in the following sentence? During winter break, all of the people with blue shoes are going to Las Vegas.
all
What is the simple predicate in the following sentence? Bob, waking up on the couch, wanted to eat something.
wanted
What is the complete subject in the following sentence? During winter break, all of the people with blue shoes are going to Las Vegas.
all of the people with blue shoes
What the complete predicate in the following sentence? After the end of the event, the boys did not help with cleaning up.
After the end of the event...did not help with cleaning up
Is there a compound subject in the following sentence? If yes, what is it? Is there a compound predicate in the following sentence? If yes, what is it? They slipped but stayed ahead in the three-legged race.
There is no compound subject, but there is a compound predicate. The compound predicate is slipped and stayed.