The word could be a series of past tense words
I slept late this morning
I bathed late this morning
But the words that make most sense to me is
I ate late this morning
Perhaps you, like me, were raised essentially to think of the slave experience primarily in terms of our black ancestors here in the United States. In other words, slavery was primarily about us, right, from Crispus Attucks and Phillis Wheatley, Benjamin Banneker and Richard Allen, all the way to Harriet Tubman, Sojourner Truth and Frederick Douglass. Think of this as an instance of what we might think of as African-American exceptionalism. (In other words, if it’s in “the black Experience,” it’s got to be about black Americans.) Well, think again.
The complete predicate in this sentence is A. mopped his brow, exhaled sharply, and picked up his phone.
B and C aren't correct, because they aren't complete predicates - something is missing.
D isn't correct, because <em>looking up from his computer monitor </em>is not a predicate, it is an adverb phrase.
1.
SUBJECT: The winner
PREDICATE: Mr. Otis
2.
SUBJECT: the clock
<span>PREDICATE: stopped
</span>3.
SUBJECT: cactuses
PREDICATE: have grown in the garden
4.
SUBJECT: you
<span>PREDICATE: have ever eaten yakitori
</span>5.
SUBJECT: Yancy and Rollo
PREDICATE: will meet us at the shopping mall
6.
SUBJECT: they
PREDICATE: <span>reach the summit of Mount Fairweather
</span>7.
SUBJECT: Yellow, orange and red
PREDICATE: <span>have always been my favorite colors
</span>8.
SUBJECT: Prince and Princess
PREDICATE: <span>jumped the fence and barked at my brother's friend
</span>9.
SUBJECT: <span>The sports banquet </span>
PREDICATE: will be held on April 4
10.
SUBJECT: We
PREDICATE: <span>bought milk and bread but forgot eggs</span>
