Simple Subject and Predicate
Definition of a Complete Sentence
A complete sentence must have a subject and predicate and express a complete idea.
You can write a complete sentence with just two words in it: 1) a verb that expresses an action or a
state of being, and 2) a noun that performs the action.
EXAMPLE:
Eagles swooped.
•What is the action? swooped
•swooped is the predicate.
•What performs the action? Eagles
•Eagles is the subject.
Choose the complete sentence(s).
A) The audience laughed.
B) The startled audience gasped
loudly.
C)The gasping, startled audience.