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 object 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 adjective.

• 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 verb.

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

• The fish.

• The bird.

• The dog.

• The cat

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

• is playing the piano

• is

• playing the piano

• Sheila

What is a simple subject?

• The adverb in the sentence.

• The object of the sentence.

• The verb in the sentence.

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

What is a simple predicate?

• The adjective in a sentence

• The subject of a sentence

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

• The object of a sentence

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

• barks

• loudly

• The

• dog

Identify the simple predicate in the following sentence: 'They are swimming in the pool.'

• are

• swimming

• They

• in the pool

What is a complete subject?

• The complete subject is the part of a sentence that includes the noun or pronoun that the sentence is about, along with any modifiers.

• The complete subject is the part of a sentence that includes the object of the sentence.

• The complete subject is the part of a sentence that comes after the verb.

• The complete subject is the verb in a sentence.

What is a complete predicate?

• The complete predicate includes the verb and all the words that modify or complete the meaning of the verb.

• The complete predicate includes only the words that modify the verb.

• The complete predicate includes the subject and the verb.

• The complete predicate includes only the verb.