Subjects and Predicates

What is a subject in a sentence?

• The subject is the verb in a sentence.

• The subject is the punctuation 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 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.

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

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

• The bird

• The dog

• The fish

• The cat

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

• playing the piano

• is playing the piano

• is

• Sheila

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 simple predicate?

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

• A type of noun

• The object of a sentence

• The subject of a sentence

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

• barks

• loudly

• the

• dog

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

• They

• are swimming

• swimming in

• in the pool

What is a complete predicate?

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

• 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.

Identify the complete predicate in the following sentence: 'The students are studying for the test.'

• are studying for the test.

• for the test.

• are studying

• The students