hi i'm ashley and this is mia in this video we will learn the
difference between complete and simple predicates ready let's go
you've already learned that a sentence is a group of words that is put together to express
a complete thought like the children play outside you also know that a sentence is made up of two
main parts a subject and a predicate the subject is the part that tells who or what the sentence is
about the sentence is about the children we call the rest of the sentence the predicate
the predicate tells us something about the subject in the sentence the children play outside
the predicate is play outside the predicate is telling us what the children are doing
sometimes the predicate contains only a verb like in the sentence the beagle runs
sometimes the predicate contains the verb and another word like these trees grow tall
sometimes the predicate contains even more words like in the sentence micah reads many books at
the library that predicate contains six words when we identify the verb plus all the other words in
the predicate we are identifying the complete predicate in this predicate the verb is reads
many books tells us what he reads and at the library tells us where he reads
these are all words that give us more information in order to modify or complete the meaning of the
verb the complete subject is the main verb with all of the words that modify
it or complete its meaning let's identify the complete predicates in these sentences
in the sentence mara rides on the skateboard what is the complete predicate
rides on the skateboard how about jackson shows nana a video right shows nana a video
okay one more what's the complete predicate and our family enjoys outdoor games did you find it
enjoys outdoor games
okay let's return to the fact that every predicate contains a verb in the sentence joey eats a lot of
spaghetti the complete predicate is eats a lot of spaghetti the verb in that complete predicate is
eats the verb eats is actually what we call the simple predicate of the sentence
sometimes instead of being just a verb the simple predicate is a combination
of helping verb and action verb like in the sentence these friends are reading together
notice that in this predicate we have the helping verb are and the action verb reading
functioning together as a verb phrase when we have helping and action verbs working together like
this our simple predicate is a verb phrase so the definition of simple predicate is the main verb
or verb phrase in the predicate in the sentence a giraffe looked at me the simple predicate is
the verb looked if we change our sentence to read the giraffe is looking at me our simple predicate
would be the verb phrase is looking let's identify the simple predicates in these sentences
mara rides on the skateboard what is the simple predicate rides jackson shows nana a video
simple predicate correct shows last one our family enjoys outdoor games
did you find it enjoys is the simple predicate let's try one more what's the simple predicate
in the sentence gia is gardening with her mom the simple predicate is the verb phrase is gardening
all right let's review you already know that the predicate tells something about the subject
and the predicate always contains a verb now you also know that the complete predicate
is the main verb or verb phrase with all of the words that modify it or complete its meaning
and the simple predicate is just the verb or maybe verb phrase in the predicate
you learned a lot about predicates today and you also learn to always be clever