Complete Subjects/Complete Predicates

A sentence is a group of words that tell a complete thought.

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That means the sentence must tell who or what. It must also tell what is or what happens.​

​The part of the sentence that tells who or what is is called the subject.

These are complete sentences.

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The playground was open to the public.

What is the subject?

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Mabel was going to the store after work.

What is the subject?​

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​The part of the sentence that tells what is or what happens is called the predicate.

​These are complete sentences.

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The road has too many potholes.

What is the complete predicate?

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I saw a rainbow after the storm.

What is the complete predicate?​