Tells what the subject is or does.

• A. Predicate
• B. Subject
• C. Complement
• D. Independent clause

Answer: (A)

The part of a sentence that tells what the subject is or does is the predicate. It includes the verb and everything that goes with it—objects, modifiers, and any complements—so it conveys the action or state of the subject. For example, in "The cat sleeps on the mat," the subject is "The cat" and the predicate "sleeps on the mat" tells us what the subject does and where. In "The book is old," the predicate "is old" describes the subject’s state.

The subject names who or what the sentence is about, while an independent clause is simply a complete sentence that can stand alone. A complement often completes the meaning of a linking verb within the predicate (like "blue" in "The sky is blue"), but it’s not the whole statement about the subject—the predicate is.