Sentences are made up of subjects and predicates. Inside of a complete subject is a simple subject – that person or thing the sentence is about. Inside of a complete predicate is a simple predicate, or a verb.
Directions: Look at the examples, and then see if you can identify the simple subject and the simple predicate in the video and worksheet exercises.
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Simple subject: the main noun or pronoun in the subject
| The brilliant sun rose over the swaying trees. |
| The beautiful bird flew gracefully away. |
Simple predicate: the verb that says or asks something about the subject
| Action verbs | Several young people walked into the room. |
| Linking verbs | The tea is warm still. |
| Helping verbs + main verb (verb phrases) | Mayra is helping us a lot in the lab. Have you spoken to your brother today? |
These worksheets are also available as Google Doc from our online filing cabinet.