Subjects and Predicates Quiz

What is a subject in a sentence?

• The subject is the noun or pronoun that performs the action or is being described in the sentence.

• The subject is the adverb in a sentence.

• The subject is the punctuation mark in a sentence.

• The subject is the verb in a sentence.

What is a predicate in a sentence?

• The predicate in a sentence is the part that contains the noun.

• The predicate in a sentence is the part that contains the subject.

• The predicate in a sentence is the part that contains the adjective.

• The predicate in a sentence is the part that contains the verb.

Identify the subject in the following sentence: 'The cat is sleeping.'

• The fish.

• The bird.

• The cat

• The dog.

Identify the predicate in the following sentence: 'Sheila is playing the piano.'

• Sheila

• playing

• the piano

• is playing the piano

What is a simple subject?

• The verb in the sentence.

• The main noun or pronoun that the sentence is about.

• The object of the sentence.

• The adverb in the sentence.

What is a simple predicate?

• The main verb or verb phrase in a sentence that tells what the subject is doing or being.

• The object of a sentence

• The adjective in a sentence

• The subject of a sentence

Identify the simple subject in the following sentence: 'The dog barks loudly.'

• barks

• dog

• loudly

• The dog barks loudly

• The

Identify the simple predicate in the following sentence: 'They ate dinner at the restaurant.'

• at the restaurant.

• dinner

• ate

• They

In the sentence 'The sun sets in the evening.', what is the subject?

• The sun

• The clouds

• The stars

• The moon

In the sentence 'He runs every morning.', what is the predicate?

• the

• every morning

• runs

• He