Subjects and Predicates

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Subjects and Predicates
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Subject

• The subject tells whom or what the sentence is
  about.
• Complete Subject
• Includes all the words in the subject
• Simple Subject
• Main words or words in the complete subject

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Subject

• The weary hikers will sleep until midmorning.
• Complete Subject
• The weary hikers
• Simple Subject
• hikers

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Predicate

• The predicate tells what the subject does, is,
  has, or feels.
• Complete Predicate
• Includes all the words in the predicate
• Simple Predicate
• Main word or words in the complete predicate
• It is always a verb

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Predicate

• The weary hikers will sleep until midmorning.
• Complete Predicate
• will sleep until midmorning
• Simple Predicate
• will sleep