Subjects and Predicates By Ray Murphy Basics A

Subjects and Predicates By Ray Murphy

Basics A Subject Is the noun or Pronoun in the sentence. A Predicate is the simple verb in the sentence. A complete subject is the noun as well as who and what the subject is. A complete Predicate is all verbs plus the action and state of the subject. An Incomplete sentence is called a Fragment. A fragment is when there is a subject or a verb without the other part of the sentence. It does not contain the full idea.

Compound Subjects A Compound Subject is when there is more than Subject in the Sentence. The Two Subjects are combined to make a larger Complete Subject Phrase. The Subjects are usually combined with like or as. These are called Coordinating Conjunctions. They can also be combined with Either/or or Neither/Nor.

Compound Predicates A Predicate is the part of the sentence that makes a statement about the subject. A Compound Predicate is two combined verbs put together with coordinating Conjunctions. These usually state more than one action provided by the noun Examples John played and kicked on the playground. The compound predicate was Played and Kicked because they are two verbs combined stating what the noun(John)is doing.

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