Examples

We admire Shane's creativity, but it's not going to make getting the car out of the garage much easier. Here, the complete predicate is made up of shoveled, which is the main verb, and then all of the words that modify shoveled.

What rhymes with mitochondria? Sadly, basically nothing.

What's the complete predicate in this sentence? That's right: it's the main verb, composed, and then all of the words that complete its meaning.

In this gnarly example, the main verb, surf, plus all of the words that complete its meaning, create the complete predicate. Those boys should watch out for sharks, though.