Transcript Subjects & Predicates

Simple Subjects
 A simple subject is the noun or pronoun
in the sentence that is doing the action.
 The college student procrastinated until
it was too late to complete his project.
Compound Subjects
 Compound subjects are sentences that
contain two or more nouns or pronouns
doing the action.
 The coach and sports director added
three outstanding players to my high
school roster.
Complete Subject
 The complete subject is the simple
subject and everything that describes
the simple subject
 The escaped criminal tried to evade the
police after robbing a convenient store.
Simple Predicates
 A simple predicate is always the verb
that the subject is doing
 The flood waters were impeding my
route to the mall.
Compound Predicates
 Sometimes the subjects can be doing
two or more things at one time. These
actions are called compound predicates.
 The rock star played his guitar and
danced on stage at the sold out concert.
Complete Predicates
 The complete predicate includes
everything that is not part of the
complete subject. The verbs and any
clauses after the verb are part of the
complete predicate.
 The pizza tasted so delectable that I
bought another one to take home.
Subjects & Predicates in
Questions
 Most sentences are arranged with the subject first and
the predicate second
 Questions may have all or part of the predicate before
the subject.
 An easy way to find the subject and predicate is to
reword the sentence so that it makes a statement.
 Did Josh go to the mall with you yesterday?
 Josh did go to the mall with you yesterday.
Inverted Sentences
 The predicate also comes first in sentences that begin
with There is, There are, Here is, or Here are.
 There is your homework.
 In commands, the subject is almost always the
understood You.
 (You) Be quiet.