1.2 Simple and Compound Subjects and Predicates Quiz

1. What sentence part is the complete subject? My furry brown puppy runs to me every afternoon.

• brown puppy
• puppy
• My furry brown puppy

2. What sentence part is the simple subject? My furry brown puppy runs to me every afternoon.

• brown puppy
• puppy
• My furry brown puppy

3. What sentence part is the complete predicate? The sweaty boys swam after practice.

• sweaty boys
• swam
• swam after practice

4. What sentence part is the simple predicate? The sweaty boys swam after practice.

• sweaty boys
• swam
• swam after practice

5. What sentence part is the complete subject? My precious grandmother celebrated her 90th birthday.

• My precious grandmother
• grandmother
• celebrated her 90th birthday

6. What sentence part is the simple subject? My precious grandmother celebrated her 90th birthday.

• birthday
• grandmother
• celebrated

7. What sentence part is the compound subject? Jason and David love to play video games.

• Jason
• Jason and David
• love to play

8. What is the compound predicate? Presley is swimming in the pool and splashing in the water.

• Presley
• is swimming in the pool
• is swimming and splashing

9. What is the simple subject? Everyone in the classroom has their heads down.

• Everyone
• classroom
• heads

10. What is the BEST way to combine the two sentences. The baseball player hit a single. The baseball player stole 2nd base.

• The baseball player hit a single, and he stole 2nd base.
• The baseball player hit a single and stole 2nd base.
• The baseball player hit a single then the baseball player stole 2nd base.