Subjects and Predicates Quiz

What is a subject in a sentence?

• The subject is the verb in a sentence.

• The subject is the punctuation mark in a sentence.

• The subject is the adverb in a sentence.

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

What is a predicate in a sentence?

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

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

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

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

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

• The cat

• The mouse.

• The bird.

• The dog.

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

• Sheila

• is playing the piano

• playing the piano

• is

What is a simple subject?

• The verb in the sentence.

• The object of the sentence.

• The adverb in the sentence.

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

What is a simple predicate?

• The subject of a sentence

• The adjective in a sentence

• The object of a sentence

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

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

• dog

• loudly

• barks

• The

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

• swimming

• They

• in the pool

• are swimming

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 comes after the verb.

• The complete subject is the verb in a sentence.

• The complete subject is the punctuation at the end of a sentence.

What is a complete predicate?

• The complete predicate is the part of a sentence that tells what the subject does or is.

• The complete predicate is the part of a sentence that tells who the subject is.

• The complete predicate is the part of a sentence that tells when the subject is.

• The complete predicate is the part of a sentence that tells where the subject is.