NORMAL AND INVERTED WORD ORDER

Identify the subject in the sentence below.

Either fish or chicken is served at the cafeteria daily.

• fish

• chicken

• fish and cafeteria

• fish and chicken

Dolphins and elephants are highly intelligent creatures.

The sentence has

• compound predicate

• simple subject

• simple predicate

• compound subject

Identify the simple subject of the sentence.

Colorful flowers sprout from the ground in the springtime.

• sprout

• flowers

• colorful flowers

• springtime

Identify the simple subject.

The Grimm Brothers’ tales are classics of children’s literature.

• classics

• literature

• Grimm Brothers

• tales

Identify the subject/s of the sentence.

Both the players and coaches were satisfied with the game.

• both

• players and game

• players and coaches

• coaches and game

Red, yellow, white, and blue are the colors of the Philippine flag.

Identify the subject/s of the sentence.

• colors

• Philippine flag

• red, yellow, and blue

• red, yellow, white, and blue

Betty walks along the ocean and admires the waves.

The sentence has a

• compound subject

• compound predicate

• simple subject

• simple predicate

Ulysses ran, swam, and rode a bicycle in the triathlon.

Identify the predicate.

• a bicycle in the triathlon

• ran, swam, and rode

• Ulysses ran, swam and rode

• rode a bicycle

My dog and cats play and sleep together.

The sentence has

• compound subject and compound predicate

• compound subject and simple predicate

• simple subject and compound predicate

• compound predicate

In most declarative sentences, the verb appears first and the subject follows.

• TRUE

• FALSE