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EXAMPLE OF COMPLETE AND SIMPLE PREDICATE:
The predicate part of a sentence tells what the subject is or does.
The Complete Predicate The entire predicate part of a sentence is called the complete predicate. The complete predicate must contain a verb. It may also contain adverbs, prepositional phrases, nouns, and pronouns. In the sentences below, each complete predicate is underlined. It tells something about the subject.
We have been studying the state of North Carolina. This great state comprises three major regions.
The Simple Predicate The simple predicate is the main word or words in the complete predicate. The simple predicate is always a verb or verb phrase. In the sentences below, the simple predicates are italic.
We have been studying the state of North Carolina. This great state comprises three major regions.
An adverb often interrupts the verbs in a verb phrase. Such an adverb is not part of the simple predicate.
The coastline of the state is constantly changing.
An adverb in the predicate may come before the verb.
Constantly the coastline of the state is changing.
The predicate may be just one word, a verb. This verb is then both the complete and the simple predicate.
The waves crash. The coastline changes.
Sentence Terms From here on in this text, references to the subject will mean the "simple subject." References to the verb will mean the "simple predicate."
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