Question

Read the sentence.
Physics teacher A. A. Michelson measured the speed of light in 1878.
Which word or phrase is the complete predicate?

A) the speed of light
B) physics teacher A. A. Michelson
C) measured the speed of light in 1878
D) in 1878

Answer 1

There are two main parts every sentence must have in order for that sentence to be considered complete: a subject and a predicate. The subject is the main actor; it is the person or thing doing the action. The predicate, then, is the action, also known as the verb.

Answer 2

So what's the verb?

Answer 3

they are all fragments

Answer 4

measured is the only verb. I personally think it's C

Answer 5

Measured is a verb, so yes it is C.