"Complete" predicates have lots of details (adverbs, phrases) about the verb. Simple predicates have simply the verb Example: The dog ran down the street. Simple predicate: ran Example: The dog ran...
The word was is a verb; past tense of the verb is. These (is and was) are often auxiliary (helper) verbs. Examples: Main verb: It was my aunt. Auxiliary verb: I was washing my hair.
Complete predicates are all words other than the subject and its modifiers. Simple predicates are only the verb with helping word (i.e. has, have, had, was, is, etc.) If there are any. Simple...
A predicate nominative is a noun or pronoun that follows a linking verb and renames or identifies the subject. As in the sentence That object in the tree is a coconut.coconut it the predicate...
Every sentence has two things: a subject and a predicate (verb). When you are asked to give the predicate of a sentence, they probably want the complex predicate. If they ask for the simple...