An active verb is required; any other part of speech may be present.
Asleep is a predicate nominative.
A simple predicate is only one word, so do not is not a simple predicate
Stop is a verb, and as a word by itself is not a predicate. A predicate is part of a sentence that makes a statement about a/the subject. In this case if 'stop' was part of a full clause then it would be the simple predicate. However, the predicate is anything that makes a statement about the subject of a sentence.
A simple predicate is the main very that is in the predicate of a sentence. The simple predicate tells you what the subject is doing. An example is in the sentence My mom started the dryer, the word started is the simple predicate.
It is a verb or verb phrase.
Can is a modal verb. It is not a predicate or part of predicate until it is used in a sentence.I can see you - can see you = the predicate. can = simple predicate
Verbs
the part of speech for playing is a predicate adjective.
The only necessary part of speech in a predicate is a verb, but a complete predicate may include any other part of speech, with the possible exception of an interjection.
The KEY word in the predicate part of the sentence. It is not the WHOLE predicate. The simple predicate in a sentence is also known as the verb or verbs. The SIMPLE Predicate is not all the other words that are found in the predicate
An active verb is required; any other part of speech may be present.
Verbs
The simple predicate is the key word in the predicate or verb part of the sentence. It is not the entire predicate because then it wouldn't be simple. The simple predicate in a sentence is also known as the verb or verbs. The simple predicate is only the main verb.
predicate adjective
A predicate noun is a a sub category inside a noun, which is a part of speech itself. It is simply a noun in the predicate.
The predicate is a part of a sentence containing averb that makes a statement about the subject of the verb, such as went to work in John went to work.Do is a verb. It could be part of a simple predicate but by itself it is a verb.