Multiple choice

Time is the best medicine for this. What is the predicate in the above sentence?

  1. Time

  2. for this

  3. is the best medicine for this

  4. best medicine
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

In "Time is the best medicine for this," the complete predicate is "is the best medicine for this." The predicate includes the verb (is) and everything that follows it, telling us what the subject (Time) is. Option B is incomplete - it's just the prepositional phrase. Option D is just the noun phrase complement, not the full predicate.

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