Subjects and Predicates

1. Identify the predicate of the following sentence. I want a robot butler to do my laundry.

• I
• want a robot butler to do my laundry
• want a robot butler
• I want to do my laundry

2. Choose whether the bolded part of the sentence is the subject or the predicate. Holly injured her rear on a spiky cactus.

• subject
• predicate
• interrogative sentence
• exclamatory sentence

3. Identify the predicate of the following sentence. My buddy Dave will put literally anything on a pizza.

• Dave
• will put
• My buddy
• will put literally anything on a pizza

4. Choose whether the bolded part of the sentence is the subject or the predicate. The baby goats climbed up the cliff face unsteadily.

• subject
• predicate
• complement
• adverbial clause

5. Identify the subject of the following sentence. The mayor said that blueberry muffins are the best kind of muffin.

• blueberry muffins
• said that
• the major
• the major said that blueberry muffins

6. Choose whether the bolded part of the sentence is the subject or the predicate. Traditional Belgian waffles are dotted with little pearls of sugar.

• subject
• object
• predicate
• independent clause

7. Choose whether the bolded part of the sentence is the subject or the predicate. The baby goats climbed up the cliff face unsteadily.

• predicate
• independent clause
• direct object
• subject

8. Identify the subject of the following sentence. The legendary chef strode into the kitchen.

• the kitchen
• strode into the kitchen
• the legendary chef
• the chicken

9. Choose whether the bolded part of the sentence is the subject or the predicate. The cowboys’ singing echoed through the canyon.

• dependent clause
• predicate
• direct object
• subject

10. Identify the predicate of the following sentence. Orchids, pale and silvery, grew on the branches of trees.

• orchids, pale and silvery
• pale and silvery, grew on the branches of trees
• grew on the branches of trees
• grew