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GAIN CHRISTIAN ACADEMY

“Touching Lives, Changing World”


ENGLISH 7

Simple / Complete Subject


And
Simple / Complete Predicate
GAIN CHRISTIAN ACADEMY
“Touching Lives, Changing World”
ENGLISH 7

Independent clause - which had the full meaning,


along with a subject and a verb, and it can stand
alone.
• Also knows as simple sentence.
A sentence has two parts
• Subject
• Predicate
GAIN CHRISTIAN ACADEMY
“Touching Lives, Changing World”
ENGLISH 7

Subject
• the one being talked about in the sentence
• may be a noun or a pronoun
• answers the questions what or who
simple subject - consists of only the main word in the
subject
complete subject - includes the main noun as well as all
of its modifiers
GAIN CHRISTIAN ACADEMY
“Touching Lives, Changing World”
ENGLISH 7

Sentence Simple Subject Complete Subject

The cars raced to the cars The cars


finish line.
The brightly colored balloons The brightly
balloons made the little colored balloons
girl happy.
He felt sorry for breaking He He
the vase.
GAIN CHRISTIAN ACADEMY
“Touching Lives, Changing World”
ENGLISH 7

Predicate
• tells something about the subject
• the part of the sentence that contains the action/verb

simple predicate - the main verb


complete predicate - includes the main verb as well as
other additional modifiers such as prepositional phrases,
etc.
GAIN CHRISTIAN ACADEMY
“Touching Lives, Changing World”
ENGLISH 7

Sentence Simple Complete


Predicate Predicate
He gave the gift to his gave gave the gift to
mother. his mother
Katrina played outside played played outside
with her friends. with her friends
The animals followed the followed followed the
farmer. farmer
GAIN CHRISTIAN ACADEMY
“Touching Lives, Changing World”
ENGLISH 7

Simple Simple
Sentence Subject/Complet Predicate/Complet
e Subject e Predicate
Johnny sings. Johnny sings

Dog barks Dog barks


GAIN CHRISTIAN ACADEMY
“Touching Lives, Changing World”
ENGLISH 7

Seatwork:
• Answer the exercises A and B on page 164

Homework:
• Read the poem entitled, God Said, “I Made a Man” on pages
151 – 152
• Answer the Vocabulary Check A and B and Comprehension
Check
• Write your answers in your English notebook

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