Subject and Verb Quiz

What is the subject in a sentence?

• The main verb

• The word or phrase performing the action of the verb

• The object of a preposition

• The infinitive phrase

How can you locate the subject in a sentence?

• Ask 'who?' or 'what?' before the verb

• Look for the main verb

• Identify the object of a preposition

• Find the infinitive phrase

What is the subject in an imperative sentence?

• The word 'you'

• The main verb

• The object of a preposition

• The infinitive phrase

Where will you not find the subject in a sentence?

• Within prepositional phrases

• Within infinitive phrases

• Within verbals

• Within clause consideration

What type of verbs indicate what the subject is doing?

• Linking verbs

• Helping/ Auxiliary verbs

• Phrasal verbs

• Action verbs

Which of the following is a common linking verb?

• Give up

• Take off

• Seem

• Dances

What do helping/ auxiliary verbs do?

• Connect the subject to additional information about the subject

• Create different tenses, moods, voices, and aspects

• Convey a specific meaning when combined with prepositions or adverbs

• Function as nouns, adjectives, or adverbs in a sentence

What are verbals?

• Verbs combined with prepositions or adverbs

• Verbs that function as nouns, adjectives, or adverbs

• Verbs that create different tenses, moods, voices, and aspects

• Verbs that indicate what the subject is doing

What might indicate multiple actions performed by the subject in a sentence?

• Compound verbs

• Infinitive phrases

• Gerunds

• Participles

What is the subject in the sentence 'She dances gracefully'?

• She

• Dances

• Gracefully

• Verb phrase