Subjects and Predicates

What is the SUBJECT of a sentence?

• the verb

• the action in the sentence

• tells who are what the sentence is about

What is the PREDICATE of a sentence?

• Who the sentence is about

• What the subject is or does

What is the subject of the sentence below?

Kevin is not going to the ballgame tonight.

• Ballgame

• Kevin

• tonight

• going

What is the predicate in the sentence below?

The playground had two new slides

• The

• playground

• had

• two new slides

Identify the complete predicate below

After school we are going to the Dairy Queen for ice cream

• After School

• we

• are going to the Dairy Queen for ice cream

• for ice cream

Identify the complete subject in the sentence below:

My puppy ate all of her food last night.

• My

• My puppy

• ate

• ate all of her food last night

Are the words in red part of the subject of predicate?

The black horse galloped across the meadow

• subject

• predicate

True or False: The words in blue are the predicate part of the sentence?

The tree limbs broke from the strong wind.

• True

• False

What is the complete predicate of the sentence below?

Spongebob works at the Krusty Krab.

• Spongebob works at

• works at the Krusty Krab

• Spongebob

• at the Krusty Krab

True or False: The subject is in red and the predicate is in blue?

My mom drove us to Chuck E. Cheese's.

• True

• False