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