Written by Gary Martin

Illustrated by Phillip Martin

The complete subject is all the words that tell what the sentence is about.

For example:The honey bee won the spelling bee.

While bee is the simple subject, the honey bee is the complete subject.

The complete predicate normally begins with a verb and it is all the words in the sentence that tell you one of two things:

What the subject is doing or who or what the subject is.

For example:The honey bee won the spelling bee.

The word won is the verb and the complete predicate is won the spelling bee.

Can you find the complete subject and the complete predicate in the following sentences?

The elephant and mouse tried absolutely unsuccessfully to play on the teeter totter.

The elephant and mouse tried absolutely unsuccessfully to play on the teeter totter.

The complete subject is the elephant and mouse. The complete predicate is

tried absolutely unsuccessfully to play on the teeter totter

The not-so-graceful elephant and hippo tore up the dance floor.

The not-so-graceful elephant and hippo tore up the dance floor.

The not-so-graceful elephant and hippo is the complete subject. The complete predicate is tore up the

dance floor.

The mischievous lion smiled as the people on the safari ran for their lives.

The mischievous lion smiled as the people on the safari ran for their lives.

The mischievous lion is the complete subject. Smiled as the people on the safari ran for their lives is the complete predicate.

The tiger, the elephant, the snake and the monkey bought tickets to watch the circus instead of working that day.

The tiger, the elephant, the snake and the monkey bought tickets to watch the circus instead of working that day.

The tiger, the elephant, the snake and the monkey is the complete subject. The complete

predicate is boughttickets to watch the circus instead of working that day.

The children of the alternate universe sat politely in the back of the school bus.

The children of the alternate universe sat politely in the back of the school bus.

You know they aren’t from this universe.

The children of the alternate universe sat politely in the back of the school bus.

The End

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