Verbs, Subjects, and Predicates

Subjects are always....

• a person, place, or thing

• an action

• a verb

• a funny

What part of speech can a subject be?

• verb

• noun

• adjective

• ALL THE ABOVE

The subject is found before what? (in a statement)

• the verb

• the noun

• the adjective

• the subject is found at the end of a statement

Find the subject of the sentence: The dog barked at the cat.

• the cat

• barked

• the dog

• at the cat

Find the subject: Fourth grade teachers are the best.

• Fourth grade teachers

• fourth

• the best

• are

• fourth grade

In the sentence:

Henry and Matt are best friends.

What's the subject?

• are best friends

• Henry

• Matt

• Henry and Matt

What is the subject?

The fastest runner on the team lost the race.

• runner

• race

• team

• lost

Mrs. Gill and Mrs. Price played chess during recess.

What is the subject of the sentence?

• Mrs. Gill

• Mrs. Gill and Mrs. Price

• Chess

• during recces

What part of the sentence tells the action of the sentence?

• noun
• subject
• linking verb
• predicate

TRUE OR FALSE:

The predicate is always in the beginning of a sentence.

• TRUE

• FALSE