Question

What is the complete predicate of the sentence below? Looking up from his computer monitor, Jason mopped his brow, exhaled sharply, and picked up his phone.
a. mopped his brow, exhaled sharply, and picked up his phone.
b. picked up the phone
c. mopped his brow
d. Looking up from his computer monitor, —— mopped his brow, exhaled sharply, and picked up his phone.

Answer 1

a. mopped his brow, exhaled sharply, and picked up his phone.

A complete predicate includes the verb and the rest of the predicate phrase.
A sentence is defined as words meaningfully grouped to express a complete thought. Most of the time, it has a subject and a predicate. In this sentence, the complete subject is ‘loud noises’ and the complete predicate is ‘disturbed the neighbors’. Basically, the sentence conveys the meaning that the neighbors are disturbed by loud noises. All the other choices are phrases or sentence fragments.

Answer 2

The complete predicate of the sentence is mopped his brow, exhaled sharply, and picked up his phone. This implies the correct answer is A.

Further Explanation

A predicate is a word or a group of words with a verb(s) that modify the subject.

Example: Seal pups are fluffy.

Note: '' Seal pups,'' as used in the above sentence, is the subject while ''are fluffy'' is the predicate and it is used to modify the subject. The predicate comprises of a verb and an adjective, fluffy.  

A predicate is easily recognized when a verb and other words refer to the subject or group of words with the noun, functioning as the subject.

However, the noun in the questions is Jason. Every other word that precedes it, become the predicate, just like we see in the example above. A part of the sentence that includes the subject and the predicate must be thoroughly considered to arrive at how the option A is correct.  

If the structure of the sentence is to be considered, we have:

“…Jason mopped his brow, exhaled sharply, and picked up his phone”

The subject in the sentence is ''Jason'' while the predicate is: "mopped his brow, exhaled sharply, and picked up his phone.''  

It is seen that Jason is the subject while the verbs and nouns that come after it is the predicate because they modify the subject ''Jason'' as they collectively make all reference to the name.

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