How do you do a complete predicate?

Question

I'm not good at this so i really need the help

Answer 1

Simple Predicate: The most important word in the complete predicate. It tells what the subject does or is. It may be one word or several, but it does not include modifying words.


Example: The big dog ran fast. (Simple predicate)
Example: The big dog is running fast. (Simple predicate)

¤ A simple predicate is always a verb phrase. A verb phrase is a main verb and any helping verbs.
When there are no helping verbs, the verb phrase will consist of one word.
There can never be more than three helping verbs in a verb phrase. Examples:
I walk. (Main verb)
I am walking. (Main verb with one helping verb)
I could be walking. (Main verb with two helping verbs)
I should have been walking. (Main verb with three helping verbs)
¤ There are 23 helping verbs. They are:

Forms of be: am is are was were be been being
Forms of do: do does did
Forms of have: have has had
Other verbs: can will shall may must could would should might

Complete Predicate: The part of the sentence that is not the complete subject. It includes all the words that tell or ask something about the subject. The simple predicate is always part of the complete predicate.


Example: The big dog ran fast. (Complete predicate)
Example: The big dog is running fast. (Complete predicate)
The simple predicate and the complete predicate can sometimes be the same.


Example: The big dog ran. Can you see that ran tells what the subject did.. I hope this helps. Try to remember that a predicate
is a verb and a helping verb.

Answer 2

There are 2 parts of a sentence: the subject and the predicate. The subject is the noun of a sentence. The predicate is simply what is being said about the subject.

Sentence: Some students have trouble with English.
Subject: Some students
Predicate: have trouble with English

If you were to extend the predicate, you could say:

have trouble with fifth grade English.

I hope that helps!

Answer 3

I don't know how to diagram it anymore, but the complete predicate is the verb + its objects.

The mouse ate the cheese = "ate the cheese."