Relier Pairs Sentence BitsVersion en ligne Subject Predicate Indy or Dependy Clauses par Elizabeth Sand 1 Clause 2 A complete thought is 3 To be complete, a sentence needs to have these three things: 4 Another name for a predicate 5 Subject 6 Dependent Clause 7 Predicate 8 Independent Clause The ACTION of a sentence (also known as VERB) It stands alone, it expresses a complete thought, and it is independent. Verb The ACTOR of the sentence. A subject; a predicate; a complete thought. Cannot stand on its own Should be attached to an independent clause A group of words a subject and main verb. Expresses a complete thought and it can be a sentence by itself.