Verbal predicate

Content

• Types of verbal predicate
• Examples of simple verbal predicate
• Examples of compound verbal predicate

The verbal predicate expresses a process, action or state that affects the subject. It is identified because its nucleus is a conjugated verb. For example: Juan ate a cake. 

Within a sentence, the predicate is the structure that includes the action carried out by the subject. Although the verbal predicate (one that contains a verb) is the most frequent, there is also the non-verbal predicate, which lacks a conjugated verb.

• See also: Core of the subject and predicate

Types of verbal predicate

• Simple. It has only one main verb. For example: Ramon washed the dishes.
• Compound. It has more than one main verb, of the same hierarchy. For example: Living beings are born, they grow, I know reproduce Y die.

Examples of simple verbal predicate

The predicate of each sentence is marked in bold.

1. The cat jumped from the tree.
2. The children they play in the garden.
3. These tales were written by Jorge Luis Borges.
4. My mother lives in rome.
5. Ramiro he is hungry.
6. hope learned to play the violin as a child.
7. Bed was tended by me.
8. Lucia and me we will go buy ice cream.
9. My secretary works very well.
10. The watch it was very expensive.
11. The movie was directed by Pedro Almodóvar.
12. Damien has a shoe store.
13. Raul study japanese.
14. John Lennon he was assassinated in 1980.
15. I i will fix the motorcycle.
16. Food tastes delicious.
17. New York has multiple attractions.
18. The shelf it was placed by my brother.
19. Leonardo Dicaprio he is an exceptional actor.
20. The phone rang all night.
21. This box it was painted by my paternal grandfather.
22. Flashlight illuminates very little.
23. The turntable works wonders.
24. With my family we will go camping next week.
25. The children they are sleepy.
26. My mother travels a lot for work.
27. Juana read all afternoon.
28. Speech was pronounced by the Minister of Education.
29. My cousin will study medicine next year.
30. Deputies they sanctioned the law at dawn.
31. The tree was struck by lightning.
32. My grandmother prepared a strawberry cake.
33. The Canary escaped from his cage.
34. Stephen read Silkby Alejandro Baricco.
35. India has more than 1,300 million inhabitants.
36. Gabriel Garcia Marquez wrote exquisite chronicles.
37. Bob dylan won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2016.
38. The Second World War lasted until 1945.
39. The geography teacher delivered the exams.
40. My parents they went out to have a coffee.
41. The recital lasted until dawn.
42. The walls they were painted by my brother.
43. My father prepared a delicious barbecue.
44. Music rang until the wee hours of the morning.
45. Window stayed open all night.
46. The children they have a sleepover.
47. The remote control is wrong.
48. The students they will go on an excursion to the nature reserve.
49. My mother and I we will go to the market.
50. Clothes still wet.

Examples of compound verbal predicate

The predicate of each sentence is marked in bold.

1. My children they listen to music and dance every night.
2. I met Martín and asked him out. (unspoken subject: me)
3. I waited and bought the tickets when there was a discount. (unspoken subject: me)
4. My mother alwaysI painted and took photos.
5. All my brothers they studied and worked abroad.
6. At night we have an early dinner and watch a series. (unspoken subject: us)
7. Javier He called me and told me what happened.
8. The tree it flourished and already bore fruit.
9. The school will close and move to virtual mode.
10. The mockup fell to the floor and was ruined.

More examples in:

• Subject and predicate
• Sentences with subject, verb and predicate
• Sentences with subject and predicate