Simple Subjects and Simple Predicates

What is a simple subject?

• who or what the sentence is about without any describing words
• the verb without any describing words

What is the simple subject in the following sentence?
Four young soldiers led the troops into battle.

• four
• soldiers
• young
• led

What is the simple subject in the following sentence?
Two beautiful goldfish in the pond were eating the insects on the top of the water.

• beautiful
• eating
• goldfish
• water

What is the simple subject in the following sentence?
Last week's fire was started by a candle on her birthday cake.

• fire
• week's
• started
• cabdle

What is the simple subject in the following sentence?
Books by Thomas Munsch are my favorite.

• by
• Thomas
• Books
• favorite

What is the simple subject in the following sentence?
The farmers in the hilly countryside are planting their fields this week.

• The
• hilly
• farmers
• are

What is the simple predicate in the following sentence?
We played basketball yesterday.

• We
• played
• basketball
• yesterday

What is the simple predicate in the following sentence?
The hot oven has two trays in it.

• hot
• oven
• has
• it

What is the simple predicate in the following sentence?
Mrs. Oberski puts good food in the basket.

• Mrs. Oberski
• food
• puts
• good

What is the simple predicate in the following sentence?
My grandmother mixes the flour and sugar to make cookies.

• My
• flour
• cookies
• mixes