WHAT IS THE SIMPLE SUBJECT AND SIMPLE PREDICATE IN: THE SMELL OF COOKING IS DELICIOUS TO THE HUNGRY CAMPERS?
smell
is
To identify the simple subject and simple predicate in a sentence, you need to break down the sentence into its basic components.
In the given sentence, "The smell of cooking is delicious to the hungry campers," the subject is "The smell of cooking" and the predicate is "is delicious to the hungry campers."
To find the simple subject, you should determine the noun or pronoun that the sentence is about. In this case, it is "smell." However, "smell" alone is not the simple subject since it is modified by the prepositional phrase "of cooking." Therefore, the simple subject is "the smell of cooking."
To identify the simple predicate, you need to find the main verb or action in the sentence. In this case, the main verb is "is." The predicate also includes the adjective "delicious" and the prepositional phrase "to the hungry campers." Therefore, the simple predicate is "is delicious to the hungry campers."
To summarize:
- Simple subject: The smell of cooking
- Simple predicate: is delicious to the hungry campers