Identifying Subjects and Predicates in Sentences

The video tutorial introduces Spike the monkey and Barney, who embark on a mystery to find Barney's missing sister, Phoebe. Along the way, they explore the concepts of subjects and predicates in sentences, including simple and compound forms. Through practical examples, they demonstrate how to identify these grammatical components. The mystery is resolved when Phoebe returns, and the video concludes with a call to practice the learned concepts.

What does the predicate describe in a sentence?

• The action of the subject

• The location

• The time of action

• The subject itself

What is the subject in the sentence 'Tabby nibbled the peanuts'?

• Tabby

• Peanuts

• Nibbled

• The sentence

In the sentence 'Coco scurried across the floor', what is the simple predicate?

• Scurried

• The floor

• Across the floor

• Coco

What does the predicate 'scurried across the floor' tell us in the sentence about Cocoa?

• What Cocoa did

• Who Cocoa is

• Where Cocoa is

• When Cocoa acted

What is the function of 'what' in the sentence 'What is a mouse's favorite game?'

• It is the subject

• It is the predicate

• It is an object

• It is an adjective

What role does 'Mike' play in the sentence about the cartoonish-looking mouse?

• Descriptive phrase

• Complete predicate

• Simple subject

• Predicate

In the sentence 'Theo darted out of the closet', what is the simple predicate?

• Theo

• Closet

• Out of the closet

• Darted

Which option correctly identifies the simple subject and predicate in 'He is practicing for the rodent raft race'?

• Race, he is

• He, practicing

• Rodent raft race, practicing

• He, is practicing

What is a compound subject?

• A predicate with two actions

• A simple subject with descriptions

• A subject made of two or more nouns

• A subject with complex words

Which sentence shows a compound predicate?

• He is practicing for the race.

• A cat and a mouse are friends.

• The mouse ran quickly.

• The cat screeched and landed in a puddle.