Chapter 1 Sentences

Question 1

What is the subject of a sentence?

Answer 1

It is that part of the sentence about which something is divulged.

Question 2

What is the complete subject?

Answer 2

A complete subjectis the simplesubject, or the main word or words in asubject, along with any of the modifiers that might describe thesubject.

Question 3

What is the simple subject?

Answer 3

A noun or pronoun

Question 4

What is the predicate?

Answer 4

the predicate is the part of the sentence that has something to say about the subject.

Question 5

What is the complete predicate?

Answer 5

A complete predicate includes not only the verb or verb phrase but also all the words that give more information about it.

Question 6

What is a simple predicate?

Answer 6

A simple predicate is a verb or verb phrase

Question 7

What are compounds?

Answer 7

Compounds are multiple simple subjects combined into a compound subject by using and, or, ornor.
Compounds can also be multiple simple predicates combined into a compound predicate by using and, or, but, yet, or nor

Question 8

What are complements?

Answer 8

the complement is the part of the predicate that completes verb (he keeps what?)