Yes, it can be buts it's not the correct name for it. If writing a paper, use predicate.
A complete predicate is the end of a sentence after a verb including the verb. Example: Lisa walked her dog. Walked her dog is the complete predicate.
"Did not attend" is not a predicate adjective; it is a verb phrase. Predicate adjectives describe the subject of a sentence and typically follow a linking verb, such as "is," "seems," or "becomes." In contrast, "did not attend" indicates an action that was not taken, functioning as a verb rather than an adjective.
Another name for a helping verb is an auxiliary verb. These verbs assist the main verb in a sentence by providing additional meaning related to tense, mood, or voice. Common examples of helping verbs include "is," "have," and "will."
The word 'greatest' is not a noun.The word 'greatest' is the superlative form of the adjective 'great'.It can be confusing when the word 'greatest' is used in a sentence as 'the greatest'. For example, when Muhammad Ali said, "I am the greatest!", the word 'greatest' is functioning as a predicate adjective (a type of subject complement) following the linking verb 'am'.A linking verb acts as an equals sign, the subject of the sentence is or becomes the object noun, pronoun, or adjective.In the example sentence above, I = greatest.The noun, pronoun, or adjective following a linking verb is called a subject complement (the object complements the subject).A noun or pronoun subject complement is call predicate nominative (or predicate noun).An adjective subject complement is called a predicate adjective.
The "action."
Another name for the predicate in a sentence is a Verb. The Predicate tells what the action is. It's the verb in the sentence.
A predicate is the action, or verb part of a sentence. Therefore a substitute of the word predcate is verb.
predicate is another word for verb or the action in a sentence
"Another animal with a strange name" is the subject. "is the Platypus" is the predicate. "Another" & "with a strange name" all modify the noun "animal". "is" is the verb. "Platypus" is a proper noun, but in this sentence it is used as an indirect object in the predicate, and refers to the "animal with a strange name" in the subject. "animal with a strange name" is the object of the sentence. The sentence would be diagramed thusly... subject | predicate Another animal with a strange name | is the Platypus. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
The Simple Predicate of that sentence is hide. the verb of the sentence is always the simple predicate
In the sentence "was" is the auxiliary verb and the simple predicate and 'was surprised' is the compound verb (helping verb 'was' and the main verb 'surprised') and the complete predicate.
First, the "predicate" is just another name for the verb, the word that shows the action in a sentence. Every sentence needs a subject (the person, place or thing doing the action) and a predicate (the action word that tells what the subject has done). The simple predicate is usually the main verb in a sentence. For example: Jerry ran to catch the bus. The subject is Jerry. The word that tells what he did is "ran" and that is the simple predicate.
The simple predicate is the key word in the predicate or verb part of the sentence. It is not the entire predicate because then it wouldn't be simple. The simple predicate in a sentence is also known as the verb or verbs. The simple predicate is only the main verb.
The simple predicate in the sentence "Trained bears were the stars of another film" is "were." The simple predicate consists of the main verb or verb phrase that expresses the action or state of being in the sentence. In this case, "were" indicates the state of being of the subject, "Trained bears."
The predicate is the verb and all of the words following the verb that relate to it. A sentence may have more than one predicate. The predicate answers what the subject is or what the subject does.
A predicate requires a verb or a verb phrase. A predicate must also refer to the subject of the sentence.
There is no predicate. Why there is no predicate because the predicate is usually the verb then the rest of the sentence. so their is only an simple predicate which is move.