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

Select the two words that make up the complete subject.

Anne Frank kept a diary during World War II.

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Select the six words that make up the complete predicate.

The cook is ladling chicken soup into bowls.

Every sentence has a complete subject and a complete predicate.

The complete subject tells who or what is doing something. It is the simple subject plus any other words that describe or modify it.

She sleeps late on the weekends.

Her best friend sleeps late on the weekends.

The complete subject tells who sleeps late on the weekends.

The complete predicate tells what the subject is doing. It is the simple predicate plus any other words that describe or modify it.

Her best friend sleeps.

Her best friend sleeps late on the weekends.

The complete predicate tells what her best friend does.

The complete predicate is is ladling chicken soup into bowls. It tells what the cook is doing.

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