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English Basics
Volume 2, Number 17, January 12, 1998
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Predicate of a Sentence
The predicate of a sentence is the word or group of words that tells what the subject is doing or being.
A simple predicate is a verb that meets the above requirement.
Underline the simple predicate in each sentence. The first five have been done for you.
1.x
Steven never wears a jacket in the rain.
2. xStocks fell
in the final hour of trading.
3. xRoxanne is
a fine young lady.
4. xPam carefully put
the frog on her head.
5. xChris and Daniel
played an exciting game of chess.
6. xMiss Joan bought
a new computer.
7. xMelissa, please
answer the phone.
8. xDid Gregg like
his personalized garbage can?
9. xMany mighty
monkeys might magically move my mountain.
10. Modems are very important in this
modern age.
11. The president announced his position on
the matter.
12. Juan silently crept under the abandoned
cabin.
13. The balloon sailed around the world.
14. Sam was afraid of the mysterious moth.
15. This watch receives a signal from the
atomic clock.
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