Year 9 Subjects, Objects and Predicates

Which best defines a subject?

• The part of a clause that indicates action

• The part of a clause that features a noun

• The word(s) in a clause to which the finite verb is expressed by

• The part of a clause that receives an action

Which best defines the predicate?

• The part of a clause containing a finite verb and other elements

• The part of a clause that contains a verb

• The part of a clause that contains the object

• The part of a clause that contains the subject

Which best defines an object?

• A person, place, thing or idea that comes after a transitive verb

• A person, place, thing or idea that indicates action

• A person, place, thing or idea that come before a transitive verb

• A person, place, thing or idea featured in a sentence

Which of the following will always be present in a clause/sentence (including when it is implied in an imperative sentence)?

*Note there may be multiple correct responses

• Subject

• Direct object

• Indirect object

• Predicate

The subject can be which of the following:

• Noun

• Pronoun

• Noun phrase

• Preposition

The finite verb will be expressed by which of the following:

• Subject

• Direct object

• Indirect object

• Predicate

The predicate must feature...

• The subject

• A finite verb

• An adjective

• An object

Can elements of the predicate be split in a clause/sentence depending on the placement of the subject?

• Yes

• No

If an object features in a clause/sentence, which type of verb is functioning as the finite verb?

• Transitive

• Intransitive

• Infinitive

• Transitional

Identify the subject in the following sentence:

Oliver closed the gate quickly.

• closed

• the gate

• Oliver

• quickly