Subjects and Predicates

What is a subject in a sentence?

• The subject is the adverb in a sentence.

• The subject is the punctuation 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.

What is a predicate in a sentence?

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

• 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 adverb.

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

• The dog

• The bird

• The fish

• The cat

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 main noun or pronoun that the sentence is about.

• The adverb in the sentence.

• The object of the sentence.

• The verb in the sentence.

What is a complete subject?

• The complete subject is the part of a sentence that includes the verb or action of the sentence.

• 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 includes the adverb or adverbial phrase of the sentence.

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

• barks

• loudly

• the

• dog

Identify the complete subject in the following sentence: 'My sister and I went to the park.'

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

• The garden

• The flowers

• The flowers in the garden

• The flowers are blooming

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

• are studying for the test.

• studying

• for the test

• The students