time frame - a time period during which something occurs or is expected to occur; an agreement can be reached in a reasonably short time frame. period, period of time, time period - an amount of time; a time period of 30 years; hastened the period of time of his recovery; Picasso's blue period. Translations.
The predicate is the part of a sentence (or clause) which tells us what the subject does or is. To put it another way, the predicate is everything that is not the subject. At the heart of the predicate is a verb.
The simple predicate of a sentence is the predicate verb without modifiers. The complete predicate of a sentence is the predicate verb with all its modifiers. Point out the simple and the complete subject, and the simple and the complete predicate in each of the following sentences: 1. The tired little fellow fell asleep in his chair. 2.