Subject and Predicate Practice

What is a subject 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 adverb in a sentence.

• The subject is the punctuation in a sentence.

• The subject is the verb in a sentence.

What is a predicate in a sentence?

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

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

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

• cat

• The cat

• is

• is sleeping

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

• playing the piano

• is playing the piano

• Sheila

• is

Which of the following is the complete subject: 'The big brown dog jumped over the fence'?

• dog

• Brown dog

• jumped over the fence

• The big brown dog

What is the complete predicate: 'The students are studying for the exam'?

• studying

• The students

• are studying

• are studying for the exam

In the sentence 'The book fell off the shelf', what is the simple predicate?

• shelf

• fell

• book

• off

What is the simple predicate in the sentence 'The car raced down the highway'?

• raced down the highway

• raced

• car

• down the highway

What is the complete subject in the sentence 'The birds are chirping loudly'?

• The birds

• are chirping loudly

• loudly

• chirping

Which of the following is a complete predicate: 'The teacher is explaining the lesson'?

• is explaining the lesson

• The teacher

• explaining the lesson

• the lesson