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 9 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
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Sort each part into the right column.
1.Sort each one: Complete subject or Complete predicate?
Sort: Our new teacher, planted seeds in the garden, fell down in the storm, The man next door, slept by the fire, The girl in the red coat
Complete subjectComplete predicate
2.Sort each one: Complete subject or Complete predicate?
Sort: The old lighthouse keeper, The busy bees, mows his lawn every Sunday, climbed ninety-seven steps, The children in Room 3, dug under the fence
Complete subjectComplete predicate
3.Sort each one: Complete subject or Complete predicate?
Sort: A flock of noisy geese, Grandma's black cat, My little brother, ran into a hole, flew over the lake, waved from the window
Complete subjectComplete predicate
LessonPrint · L.3.1 · Set 9 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Complete Subject, Complete Predicate
Set 9. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. fell down in the storm — Complete predicate 2. Our new teacher — Complete subject 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. The man next door — Complete subject
2.1. climbed ninety-seven steps — Complete predicate 2. dug under the fence — Complete predicate 3. mows his lawn every Sunday — Complete predicate 4. The busy bees — Complete subject 5. The children in Room 3 — Complete subject 6. The old lighthouse keeper — Complete subject
3.1. A flock of noisy geese — Complete subject 2. flew over the lake — Complete predicate 3. Grandma's black cat — Complete subject 4. My little brother — Complete subject 5. ran into a hole — Complete predicate 6. waved from the window — Complete predicate
Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to L.3.1 of the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts.