Learn something new every day More Info... by email A predicate
is part of a sentence or clause in English and is one of two
primary components that serves to effectively complete the
sentence. Sentences consist of two main components: subjects and
predicates. Subjects are the primary “thing” in a sentence which
the rest of the words then describe through either a direct
description or by indicating what type of action that subject is
performing. The predicate is this secondary aspect of the
sentence and usually consists of a verb or adjective, though
complicated sentences may have multiple verbs and a number of
descriptions affecting the subject. It can be easiest to
understand predicates by first understanding subjects and how
sentences are constructed. A sentence just about always has a
subject, though it can be implied in some way and not
necessarily directly stated. In a simple sentence like “The cat
slept,” the subject is “the cat,” which is a noun phrase
consisting of the direct article “the” and the n