Flocabulary Subject-predicate

Identify the subject of the following sentence.

"Abasi loved to read books about African mythology."

• "African mythology"

• "Abasi"

• "books"

• "to read"

Identify the subject of the following sentence.

"Racoons and deer are running wild in our neighborhood and town."

• neighborhood and town

• Raccoons and deer

• running wild

• in our neighborhood

Identify the predicate of the following sentence.

"After the concert, Vijay hurried to meet his mother at the mall."

• "After the concert"

• "Vijay"

• "hurried to meet his mother at the mall"

• "at the mall"

When searching for the simple predicate, you just need to look for the main verb of the sentence without any added details, adjectives or objects.

Identify the simple predicate of the following sentence.

"Dell furiously scribbled her name across her notebook."

• "scribbled"

• "Dell"

• "across"

• "her name"

When searching for the simple subject, you just need to look for the main noun of the sentence without any added details.

Identify the simple subject of the following sentence.

"A very large green fly landed on her right elbow."

• "A very large green fly"

• "landed"

• "fly"

• "landed on her right elbow."

The ________ is the main noun in the sentence. It is the person, place, thing or idea that does the action.

• subject

• predicate

You'll always find a ________ in a predicate.

• verb

• noun

• preposition

• comma

What is a predicate?

• the main person, place, thing or idea in a sentence

• an adjective that describes a noun

• the simple subject

• the action of a sentence

What is the predicate of the following sentence?

"My friend Leah ate two apples."

• Leah

• my friend Leah

• ate two apples

• apples

What is the predicate of the following sentence?

The little girl ate a chocolate cupcake.

• the little girl

• chocolate cupcake

• girl

• ate a chocolate cupcake