Subjects and Predicates

What is a subject in a sentence?

• The subject is the verb 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 punctuation in a sentence.

• The subject is the adverb 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 verb.

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

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

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.'

• Sheila

• playing the piano

• is

• is playing the piano

What is the subject in the sentence: 'The book on the shelf is mine.'?

• The shelf

• The book

• Is mine

• On the book

What is the predicate in the sentence: 'The dog barks loudly.'?

• The

• dog

• barks loudly.

• loudly

Identify the subject in the sentence: 'John and Sarah went to the park.'

• Sarah

• went to the park

• John and Sarah

• John

Identify the predicate in the sentence: 'The car broke down on the highway.'

• The car

• on the highway

• The

• broke down

What is the subject in the sentence: 'The flowers in the garden are blooming beautifully.'?

• The flowers

• The flowers are blooming

• The blooming

• The garden

What is the predicate in the sentence: 'The students are studying for the exam.'?

• The students

• are studying for the exam.

• for the exam

• studying