Ms. Laster's Subject and Predicate Quiz

What two things must a complete sentence have?

• Subject

• Adjective

• Predicate

• Adverb

What do we call the noun part of a sentence? It is the person, place, or thing performing the action.

• Subject

• Adjective

• Adverb

• Predicate

What is the subject of this sentence?

Birds fly.

• Birds

• Fly

What is the verb part of a sentence?

• Subject

• Adverb

• Predicate

• Preposition

What is the predicate of this sentence?

Sloths sleep.

• Sloths

• sleep

A simple subject is the noun of a sentence without any extra words or descriptors. What is the simple subject of this sentence?

The silly sloth slept for seven slow hours.

• silly sloth

• sloth

• slept

• hours

A simple predicate is the main verb of the sentence without any extra words or descriptors. What is the simple predicate of this sentence?

Cara carefully carried the carton of eggs.

• Cara

• carefully carried

• carried

• carton

A complete subject is the noun of a sentence + all of the noun's modifiers (descriptors). What is the complete subject of this sentence?

The gorgeous and graceful ballerina leapt across the stage.

• ballerina

• The gorgeous and graceful ballerina

• leapt

• across the stage

The complete predicate is the verb and any words that modify or further explain the verb. What is the complete predicate of this sentence?

James shouted angrily at the pesky racoons

• James

• shouted

• shouted angrily at the pesky racoons

• racoons

A compound subject is a subject with more than one noun or pronoun. What is the compound subject of this sentence?

Lisa and Teresa are fraternal twins.

• Lisa

• Teresa

• Lisa and Teresa

• twins