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 18 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: Grandma's black cat, flew over the lake, made honey all summer, planted seeds in the garden, Our new teacher, My little brother
Complete subjectComplete predicate
2.Sort each one: Complete subject or Complete predicate?
Sort: The tall oak tree, The old lighthouse keeper, slept by the fire, read us a funny story, dug under the fence, The busy bees
Complete subjectComplete predicate
3.Sort each one: Complete subject or Complete predicate?
Sort: fell down in the storm, The girl in the red coat, laughed at the clown, The man next door, ran into a hole, A small brown mouse
Complete subjectComplete predicate
LessonPrint · L.3.1 · Set 18 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Complete Subject, Complete Predicate
Set 18. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. flew over the lake — Complete predicate 2. Grandma's black cat — Complete subject 3. made honey all summer — Complete predicate 4. My little brother — Complete subject 5. Our new teacher — Complete subject 6. planted seeds in the garden — Complete predicate
2.1. dug under the fence — Complete predicate 2. read us a funny story — Complete predicate 3. slept by the fire — Complete predicate 4. The busy bees — Complete subject 5. The old lighthouse keeper — Complete subject 6. The tall oak tree — Complete subject
3.1. A small brown mouse — 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 girl in the red coat — Complete subject 6. The man next door — Complete subject
Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to L.3.1 of the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts.