
Understanding Subject and Predicate is the key to good sentence writing. The subject of a complete sentence is who or what the sentence is about, and the predicate tells about that subject. Select the true statements:
To determine the subject of a sentence, first find the verb and then ask “who?” or “what?” does the action. In the sentence, "The dog ran after the cat," the verb is “ran.” If we ask, “who ran?” the answer is, “the dog ran.” This is how we know that “dog” is the subject of the sentence. Select the TRUE statement.
What is the subject in the following sentence:
Yesterday after lunch, the students were complaining about the short recess.
What is the predicate in the following sentence:
Yesterday after lunch, the students were complaining about the short recess.
A SIMPLE predicate is JUST the verb. A COMPLETE predicate is the verb AND all the rest of the sentence that follows. What is FALSE?