Subject and predicate key terms

What is a subject?

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

What is a predicate?

The predicate contains the verb and tells what the subject does or is.

Difference between subject and predicate

The subject is the doer, while the predicate describes the action or state.

Fill the blank: The dog ____ (bark).

The dog barks. 'Barks' is the predicate.

True or false: 'The cat sleeps' has a subject.

True, because 'The cat' tells who is sleeping.

Example of a complete sentence.

The bird flies. 'The bird' is the subject; 'flies' is the predicate.

What is a simple subject?

The simple subject is the main noun or pronoun in the subject.

What is a complete predicate?

The complete predicate includes the verb and all the words that tell what happened.

True or false: Every sentence must have a subject.

True, because without a subject, there is no complete thought.

Fill the blank: ____ is running fast.

The child is running fast. 'The child' is the subject.

What do subjects and predicates form?

They combine to create complete sentences that express ideas.

What is a compound subject?

A compound subject has two or more subjects joined by 'and' or 'or'.