Subjects and Predicates

Multiple Choice

Which is NOT a description of a subject?

• The subject tells who or what the sentence is about.

• The subject tells who or what does the action.

• The subject tells what something or someone does.

• The subject is always a noun or a pronoun.

Multiple Choice

Which is NOT a description of a verb?

• The verb tells what the subject does.

• The verb can show a state of being (am, is, was, etc.)

• The verb is the first part of the predicate.

• The verb tells who or what the sentence is about.

Multiple Choice

What is the complete subject of this sentence?

The children built a sandcastle.

• The

• children built

• The children

• built a sandcastle

Multiple Choice

What is the complete subject in the sentence below?

The little cat stole food from the plate.

• The little

• The little cat

• food from

• stole food

Multiple Choice

What is the complete predicate?

Three pelicans flew over the beach.

• Three pelicans

• flew

• flew over the beach

• Three

Multiple Choice

What is the complete predicate?

Ben played chess with Alex.

• Ben played

• chess with Alex

• Ben

• played chess with Alex

Multiple Choice

What is the Simple Subject of this sentence:

The blue and purple backpack has polka dots.

• has

• has polka dots

• The blue and purple backpack

• backpack

Multiple Choice

What is the simple subject? Our tour group ate dinner at a restaurant.

• tour group

• group

• Our tour group

• ate

Multiple Choice

What is the simple subject in the sentence below?

The red bike crashed into a tree.

• bike

• tree

• red

• crashed

Multiple Choice

What is the Simple Subject of this sentence:

Silly kittens sleep on cushions.

• Silly kittens

• kittens

• sleep

• sleep on cushions

Multiple Choice

What is the simple subject? The girls studied the map.

• girls

• studied

• The girls

• studied the map

Multiple Choice

What is the Simple PREDICATE of this sentence:

Mrs. Nemic slipped on a banana peel.

• Mrs. Nemic

• slipped

• slipped on a banana peel

• Mrs. Nemic slipped

Multiple Choice

What is the Simple PREDICATE of this sentence:

The chubby little baby slept all night long.

• slept

• slept all night long

• slept all night

• baby

Multiple Choice

What is the simple predicate in the sentence below?

The blue bike crashed into a tree.

• bike

• tree

• blue

• crashed

Multiple Choice

What is the simple predicate? We packed our bags before breakfast.

• We

• packed our bags

• packed

• breakfast

Multiple Choice

What is the simple predicate? Steven climbed to the top of the building.

• Steven

• climbed to the top of the building

• climbed

• building

Multiple Choice

What is the simple predicate? Many people strolled in the park.

• Many people

• strolled

• people

• strolled in the park

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Identify the compound subjects in the folling sentence.

Diego and his brother play in the mud on a rainy day.

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Identify the compound subjects in the folling sentence.

Charlotte, Pat, and Greta race down the street after school.

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Identify the compound subject in the following sentence.

Foxes, hawks, and rattlesnakes live in the desert biome.

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Identify the compound subjects in the following sentence.

Apples and oranges are healthy afternoon snacks.

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Identify the compound predicates in the following sentence.

Valery needs to finish the laundry or vacuum the house.

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Identify the compound predicates in the following sentence.

My Aunt Pratricia flies airplanes and drives tug boats.

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Identify the compound predicates in the following sentence.

Pedro and his cousin play video games and read books together.

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Identify the compound predicates in the following sentence.

My friend Angie enjoys riding her scooter and climbing trees.

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Identify the compound predicates in the following sentence.

The bakery woman warmed the muffins and wrapped them in paper.

Multiple Choice

What is the simple subject? Jason went to the museum.

• Jason

• went to the museum

• went

• museum

Multiple Choice

Is the highlighted word a subject or a predicate?
Students play at recess.

• Subject
• Predicate