Question

read the sentence. before taking any drastic measures, the writer decided to carefully review his novel to see if there was anything he could salvage. what is the complete predicate of the sentence? before taking any drastic measures, the writer the writer decided to carefully review his novel decided to carefully review his novel to see if there was anything he could salvage the writer decided to carefully review his novel to see if there was anything he could salvage

Explanation:

A complete predicate includes the verb and all words that describe the action or state of the subject. The subject of the sentence is "the writer". The introductory phrase "Before taking any drastic measures" is a prepositional phrase (not part of the predicate), and the predicate starts with the verb "decided" and includes all the words that follow to complete the action.

Answer:

decided to carefully review his novel to see if there was anything he could salvage