Complete Subject, Complete Predicate is a free printable Grade 3 English worksheet on splitting a sentence into who it is about and what they do, aligned to Common Core standard L.3.1. It prints 3 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions that each ask different questions, so no two students in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.
Set 13 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.
Set 1 has all 25 in a single PDF. All 25 sets ask different questions.
Complete Subject, Complete Predicate
L.3.1
NameDate
Sort each part into the right column.
1.Sort each one: Complete subject or Complete predicate?
Sort: climbed ninety-seven steps, The man next door, My little brother, mows his lawn every Sunday, Our new teacher, read us a funny story
Complete subjectComplete predicate
2.Sort each one: Complete subject or Complete predicate?
Sort: The girl in the red coat, Grandma's black cat, made honey all summer, Three hungry foxes, slept by the fire, planted seeds in the garden
Complete subjectComplete predicate
3.Sort each one: Complete subject or Complete predicate?
Sort: ran into a hole, A flock of noisy geese, laughed at the clown, The old lighthouse keeper, The busy bees, fell down in the storm
Complete subjectComplete predicate
LessonPrint · L.3.1 · Set 13 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Complete Subject, Complete Predicate
Set 13. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. climbed ninety-seven steps — Complete predicate 2. mows his lawn every Sunday — Complete predicate 3. My little brother — Complete subject 4. Our new teacher — Complete subject 5. read us a funny story — Complete predicate 6. The man next door — Complete subject
2.1. Grandma's black cat — Complete subject 2. made honey all summer — Complete predicate 3. planted seeds in the garden — Complete predicate 4. slept by the fire — Complete predicate 5. The girl in the red coat — Complete subject 6. Three hungry foxes — Complete subject
3.1. A flock of noisy geese — Complete subject 2. fell down in the storm — Complete predicate 3. laughed at the clown — Complete predicate 4. ran into a hole — Complete predicate 5. The busy bees — Complete subject 6. The old lighthouse keeper — Complete subject
Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to L.3.1 of the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts.