10th Subjects and Predicates

10th Subjects and Predicates

By Marco Hernandez

​Read the instruction carefully in each of the following sentences, and identify whether the subject or predicate.

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1. Select the subject.

• Until recently,

• tourists

• could reach the

• tiny island only by boat.

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2. Select the subject.

• The island of Bequia

• remains relatively untouched

• by the trappings of

• modern life.

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3. Select the predicate.

• A need for economic growth

• has led to the

• construction

• of an airport.

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4. Select the predicate.

• Some islanders

• are worried about

• the loss of the

• old way of life.

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5. Select the subject.

• Six hundred species

• of butterfly

• have been recorded

• on Tobago and Trinidad.

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6. Select the subject.

• The Tobago Forest

• Preserve

• has protected much of the

• island from tourism.

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7. Select the predicate.

• About a

• half mile

• offshore is

• beautiful Buccoo Reef.

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8. Select the subject.

• Sun-drenched

• fishing villages

• dot the scenic

• coastline.

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9. Select the predicate.

• On Little Tobago Island,

• eager bird-watchers

• may spot several kinds

• of exotic birds.

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10. Select the subject.

• The red-billed

• tropicbird

• is one of the magnificent birds

• inhabiting the forests of Tobago.

​​Read the instruction carefully in each of the following sentences, and type whether the simple or complete subject.

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11. Type the simple subject. Twenty people applied for the job.

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12. Type the complete subject. Last year my mother traveled to China.

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13. Type the simple subject. The cat’s thick fur was soft to the touch.

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14. Type the simple subject. Is The Hobbit your favorite book?

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15. Type the complete subject. The wet, exhausted hiker was happy to see the shelter.

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16. Type the simple subject. The long rain yesterday turned our yard green overnight.

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17. Type the simple subject. Suddenly, the old bridge began to sag in the middle.

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18. Type the complete subject. The large, orange ball bounced over my head.

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19. Type the simple subject. The dog just had puppies.

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20. Type the complete subject. Cool, fresh air blew through the open window.

​Thanks for participating.