Subjects and Predicates Lesson

Subjects and Predicates

• Simple Subjects - consist of 1 word; person, place, thing, or idea that the sentence is about

• Complete Subjects - consist of simple subject and all of its complements and modifiers

Subjects

What you need to know:

Multiple Choice

Identify the simple subject in the sentence:

This new car is a blue-and-white four-door sedan.

• This new car

• car

• blue-and-white

• four-door sedan

Multiple Choice

Identify the simple subject in the sentence:

Some people can speak both French and English.

• Some people

• people

• can speak

• French and English.

Fill in the Blanks

Identify the simple subject in the sentence:

Our family's new car is a small one with a big trunk.

Fill in the Blanks

Identify the simple subject in the sentence:

Consumers don't like to spend too much on gasoline.

Multiple Choice

Identify the complete subject in the sentence:

This new car is a blue-and-white four-door sedan.

• This new car

• car

• blue-and-white

• four-door sedan

Multiple Choice

Identify the complete subject in the sentence:

Some people can speak both French and English.

• Some people

• can speak

• French

• and English

Fill in the Blanks

Identify the complete subject in the sentence:

The leather seats feel comfortable.

Fill in the Blanks

Identify the complete subject in the sentence:

The cut on Harry's foot kept him out of the game.

• Simple Predicates - consist of a verb or verb phrase

• Complete Predicates - consist of simple predicate and all of its complements and modifiers

Predicates

What you need to know:

Multiple Choice

Identify the simple predicate in the sentence:

This new car is a blue-and-white four-door sedan.

• This

• new car

• is

• a blue-and-white four door-sedan.

Multiple Choice

Identify the simple predicate in the sentence:

Two detectives questioned the suspect.

• Two

• Two detectives

• questioned

• the suspect.

Fill in the Blanks

Identify the simple predicate in the sentence:

The lighthouse could be seen from the boat.

Fill in the Blanks

Identify the simple predicate in the sentence:

It gets thirty miles per gallon of gas.

Multiple Choice

Identify the complete predicate in the sentence:

The lights in the houses along the shore came on one by one.

• The lights

• in the houses

• along the shore

• came on one by one.

Multiple Choice

Identify the complete predicate in the sentence:

Dual air bags make the car very safe.

• Dual

• Dual air bags

• make

• make the car very safe.

Fill in the Blanks

Identify the complete predicate in the sentence:

It gets thirty miles per gallon of gas.

Fill in the Blanks

Identify the complete predicate in the sentence:

The lighthouse could be seen from the boat.

• Simple Subjects - 1 word; who or what the sentence is about

• Complete Subjects - the simple subject + its complements and modifiers

• Simple Predicates - a verb or verb phrase

• Complete Predicates - a verb or verb phrase + its complements and modifiers

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Categorize

Options (14)

bookstore

we

car

sports

This car

four of my friends

the world's second-largest continent

can sleep

can sleep in our tents

is

sent the package

sent

have feared

have feared the wolf

Organize these options into the right categories:

Simple Subjects

Complete Subjects

Simple Predicates

Complete Predicates

Labeling

Label the part of the sentence.

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Simple Subject

Simple Predicate

Labeling

Label the part of the sentence.

Drag labels to their correct position on the image

Simple Predicate

Simple Subject