What is the simple subject and simple predicate of the following sentence?

Question

As I skiied down the hill,the wind bit at my face.

http://www.chompchomp.com/terms/subject.htm
Scroll down for the section to help you determine the difference between the simple subject and the complete subject.

http://www.chompchomp.com/terms/verb.htm
This whole webpage is excellent; don't forget to read the very last section to see that auxiliary verbs (helping verbs) are included when you identify the complete verb.

The difference between "verb" and "predicate" is this: The verb is the verb (see the last section on that verb webpage I gave you above); the predicate is the verb and all the words that go with it -- adverbs and adverbial clauses and phrases.

Be sure to also keep in mind that when you are looking for the subject and verb of a sentence, you will not include anything from any subordinate or dependent clauses; only the main or independent clause is where you'll find what you're looking for.

Here's an example:

When I am hungry, I make a sandwich.
When I am hungry is a dependent (subordinate) clause (can't be a sentence on its own), so I'll ignore it.
I make a sandwich is the main clause, and in it "I" am doing the action and "make" is what I'm doing. So the simple subject is "I" and the simple verb is "make" -- but the predicate is "make a sandwich."

Please let me know what you think the answers are to this question of yours, and also let me know if you have questions.

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Answer 1

simple subject: wind
simple predicate: bit