IXL | Identify the simple subject or simple predicate of a sentence

Select the simple subject.

The ship's navigator closely monitored the weather.

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Select the simple subject.

The narrator speaks in a low voice.

key idea

Every sentence has a subject and a predicate.

The simple subject tells who or what is doing something. It is just the subject noun or pronoun without any other words that describe or modify it.

Jennifer sleeps late on the weekends.

Her best friend sleeps late on the weekends.

Mrs. Peterson sleeps late on the weekends.

The simple subject tells who sleeps late on the weekends.

The simple predicate tells what the subject is doing. It is just the verb without any other words that describe or modify it.

Her best friend sleeps.

Her best friend sleeps late on the weekends.

The simple predicate tells what her best friend does.

solution

The simple subject is narrator. It tells who speaks in a low voice.

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