Subjects & Predicates

Identify the simple subject in the sentence.

The brown horse appeared at the starting line.

• brown

• horse

• appeared

• line

Identify the simple predicate in the sentence.

Pedro finished all of his math homework this afternoon.

• Pedro

• homework

• finished

• math

Choose the simple predicate of the sentence.

The wooden guitar needs to be tuned before the show.

• show

• guitar

• before

• needs

What is the predicate (action verb) in the sentence below?

On Thursday, John's mother visited all his teachers.

• On

• visited

• all

• teachers

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 purpose of a predicate?

• tells who or what the sentence is about

• shows the location of the subject

• tells what the subject does or is

What is the predicate of the sentence?

Is Jenny working tonight?

• Jenny

• Is working

• is

• tonight

What is the subject of the sentence?

Open the door.

• Open

• Door

• You

• The

What is the subject?

To the right is the mansion.

• Right

• To

• Mansion

What is the subject of the sentence?
Here are the papers.

• Here

• The

• Papers

• Are