Please help me identify simple subjects and predicatesIdentify the simple subjects and predicates in the following sentences. (Please correct my...

The simple subject of a sentence is the noun or pronoun
that is the who or what of the sentence. The simple predicate is the verb, either
showing the action in the sentence or linking the subject to the rest of the sentence.
For example:

            The young girl raced across the
busy street.

In this sentence, the simple subject is girl,
and the simple predicate is raced. You could ask who or what is the sentence about and
what did the who or what do.

In the sentences you have
given, you must ask certain questions to determine the subject and verb. To determine
the simple subject, ask "who" or "what" is doing the action. For the simple predicate,
ask what is being done by the subject. When you have an interrogative sentence (a
question), change it into a statement and that will help you to find the simple subject
and predicate. When trying to determine the simple predicate, don't forget about helping
verbs. They are part of the simple
predicate.

                    John is helping his
brother.

In this sentence, "is helping" is the simple
predicate, not just "helping".

You should also be careful
with prepositional phrases. They begin with such words as on, over, about, through, and
of and include the object of the preposition and any words describing the object. No
part of these phrases can be your simple subject or
predicate.

I hope this helps.