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