The document explains the difference between the complete subject and complete predicate of a sentence. The complete subject includes all words identifying what the sentence is about, while the complete predicate includes all words stating what the subject is doing or identifying the subject. Several example sentences are provided and the complete subject and predicate are identified for each. The document concludes by noting that the children in the example sentence are from an alternate universe.

1. Written by Gary Martin
Illustrated by Phillip Martin

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

3. For example:
The honey bee won the spelling bee.
While bee is the
simple subject, the
honey bee is the
complete subject.

4. 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.

5. For example:
The honey bee won the spelling bee.
The word won is the
verb and the complete
predicate is won the
spelling bee.

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

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

8. 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

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

10. 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.

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

12. 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.

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

14. 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 bought
tickets to watch the
circus instead of
working that day.

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

16. The children of the
alternate universe
sat politely in the
back of the school
bus.
You know they
aren’t from this
universe.

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

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