What is the predicate of this sentence? The dog plays with the children at the playground?
Ok, look for the action... what is the dog doing? The simple predicate is the verb by itself. If you want the entire predicate, then it is everything EXCEPT the complete subject. What is the action in that sentence?
Thank you
Austin, you are entirely welcome! <G>
To identify the predicate of a sentence, you need to determine the main action or state described in the sentence. In this case, the main action is "plays." The subject of the sentence is "the dog," and the prepositional phrase "with the children at the playground" provides additional information about how or where the dog plays.
To find the predicate, isolate the verb and its accompanying modifiers or phrases. In this sentence, the predicate is "plays with the children at the playground."