Complete Subjects and Complete Predicates

• The complete subject includes all the words that tell whom or what the sentence is about.

• The complete predicate includes all the words that tell what the subject is, has, does, or feels.

• Notice that the sentence does not have to be short to be simple. It can have many phrases and still be a

“simple” sentence.

• The simple subject is the key word or words in the complete subject. It is usually a noun or a pronoun.

• The simple predicate is the key word or words in the complete predicate. It is always a verb.