"John" is the subject of the sentence. "Ate a slice" and "drank a bottle" are simplified versions of the two verbal phrases of the compound predicate (the part of the sentence that describes what ...

Last week, we started discussing the differences between a phrase, clause and a sentence. We defined a phrase as a group of words without a subject and a predicate, though standing together to ...

You know, of course, what a subject and a predicate is. It's the two parts of a sentence. The subject is the noun. The predicate is the verb. I have an example of a compound subject.

Simple sentences have a subject (‘what’ or ‘who’) and just one main verb (a ‘doing’ word). For example: ‘He walked quickly back to the house.’ Simple sentences are important for ...