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Busy sparrows hopped around in the grass. The subject of this sentence is Busy sparrows. The key word of the subject is sparrows. The predicate

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Busy sparrows     hopped around in the grass.

The subject of this sentence is Busy sparrows. The key word of the subject is sparrows.

The predicate of this sentence is hopped around in the grass. The key word in the predicate is hopped.

The crickets     chirped loudly outside the cabin.

The subject of this sentence is The crickets. The key word of the subject is crickets.

The predicate of this sentence is chirped loudly outside the cabin. The key word of the predicate is chirped.

With just those two words, you have an idea of what the sentence is about.

Sparrows hopped

Crickets chirped

Simple subject: The key word in the subject is the simple subject.

Simple predicate: The key word in the predicate is the simple predicate. The simple predicate is always the verb in the sentence.

The subject and the predicate are the most important parts of a sentence.

If one of them is missing, you don’t have a complete sentence.

The rest of the sentence is built around them.

First, find the predicate in the sentence. (Remember, a predicate is a word that tells an action or a state of being.)

Then ask who or what about the predicate. This will tell you the subject of the predicate.

The busy sparrows hopped around in the grass.

Find the simple predicate: hopped (the word that tells action or state of being)

Ask what hopped: Sparrows.

Sparrows is the simple subject of the sentence. Hopped is the simple predicate.

A box of apples arrived from Washington.

What is the simple predicate?arrived

What arrived?box

Box is the simple subject of this sentence.

Our new computer prints photographs.

What is the simple predicate?prints

What prints?computer

Computer is the simple subject of this sentence.

A tiny gray kitten slept on our front porch.

What is the simple predicate?slept

What slept?kitten

Kitten is the simple subject of this sentence.

The car across the street has a flat tire.

What is the simple predicate?has

What has?car

Car is the simple subject of this sentence.

The crowd rose to its feet to cheer for the team.

What is the simple predicate?rose

What rose?crowd

Crowd is the simple subject of this sentence.

A heavy snow covered the houses and streets.

What is the simple predicate?covered

What covered?snow

Snow is the simple subject of this sentence.

The woman in the red shirt is my aunt.

What is the simple predicate?is

What is?woman

Woman is the simple subject of this sentence.

Three little bluebirds made a nest in the oak tree.

What is the simple predicate?made

What made?bluebirds

Bluebirds is the simple subject of this sentence.

My sister won first place in the spelling bee.

What is the simple predicate?won

What won?sister

Sister is the simple subject of this sentence.

A shaggy white puppy wandered into the room.

What is the simple predicate?wandered

What wandered?puppy

Puppy is the simple subject of this sentence.

All sentences must have a subject and a predicate.

The predicate is the action (or state of being) in the sentence.

The subject is the person, place, thing, or idea that is doing or being something in sentence.