Simple Subjects & Predicates

Simple Subjects & Predicates

Wildcat English 6

Open Ended

What is your first and last name?

REMEMBER, a sentence has two main parts:

The subject is always a noun and the predicate is always a verb.

To find the subject ask yourself "Who is doing the action in this sentence?" The one doing the action is the subject

• Remember that a subject is always a noun or pronoun

Multiple Choice

What is the subject in the sentence:

The girls in six grade sang at the concert.

• girls

• sang

• concert

• the

To find the predicate ask yourself "What is the action taking place in the sentence?" This is the verb.

• The predicate is always a verb or verb phrase

Multiple Choice

What is the predicate in the sentence:

The team swam for hours in the pool.

• pool

• team

• swam

• hours

Feeling confident?

Let's practice some more

Multiple Choice

What is the simple subject in the sentence:

The car must have run out of gas.

• have

• run

• gas

• car

Multiple Choice

What is the simple subject in the sentence:

The orange flower grew tall.

• orange

• flower

• grew

• tall

Getting better?

We can do it!

Multiple Choice

What is the simple predicate in the sentence:

The bus suddenly stopped at the corner.

• corner

• suddenly

• bus

• stopped

Multiple Choice

What is the simple predicate in the sentence:

The team swam for hours in the pool.

• swam

• team

• hours

• pool