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.
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Complete Subject, Complete Predicate
L.3.1
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Sort each part into the right column.
1.Sort each one: Complete subject or Complete predicate?
Sort: read us a funny story, The busy bees, made honey all summer, fell down in the storm, My little brother, A small brown mouse
Complete subjectComplete predicate
2.Sort each one: Complete subject or Complete predicate?
Sort: A flock of noisy geese, slept by the fire, The children in Room 3, The old lighthouse keeper, dug under the fence, climbed ninety-seven steps
Complete subjectComplete predicate
3.Sort each one: Complete subject or Complete predicate?
Sort: Grandma's black cat, The girl in the red coat, mows his lawn every Sunday, flew over the lake, ran into a hole, Three hungry foxes
Complete subjectComplete predicate
LessonPrint · L.3.1 · Set 24 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Complete Subject, Complete Predicate
Set 24. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. A small brown mouse — Complete subject 2. fell down in the storm — Complete predicate 3. made honey all summer — Complete predicate 4. My little brother — Complete subject 5. read us a funny story — Complete predicate 6. The busy bees — Complete subject
2.1. A flock of noisy geese — Complete subject 2. climbed ninety-seven steps — Complete predicate 3. dug under the fence — Complete predicate 4. slept by the fire — Complete predicate 5. The children in Room 3 — Complete subject 6. The old lighthouse keeper — Complete subject
3.1. flew over the lake — Complete predicate 2. Grandma's black cat — Complete subject 3. mows his lawn every Sunday — Complete predicate 4. ran into a hole — Complete predicate 5. The girl in the red coat — Complete subject 6. Three hungry foxes — Complete subject
Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to L.3.1 of the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts.