Subject Predicate Quiz

Identify the complete predicate.

Dennis and Susan ate eggs for breakfast.

• Dennis and Susan

• ate

• ate eggs for breakfast

• Susan ate eggs

Identify the simple predicate.

My boss sent me an email about tomorrow's meeting.

• My boss

• sent

• sent me an email about tomorrow's meeting

• boss

What is the subject of a sentence?

• The action or what is happening in the sentence.

• Who or what is doing the action in the sentence.

• Always a verb

• none of these answers

Identify the simple subject.

The little girl in the red dress is crying.

• The little girl

• The little girl in the red dress

• girl

• dress

COMPLETE PREDICATE: Jackson fell off of his bike.

• Jackson

• Jackson fell

• fell off

• fell off of his bike.

COMPLETE PREDICATE: All of the elephants ran in a stampede!

• All

• All of the elephants

• ran

• ran in a stampede

COMPLETE PREDICATE: I prefer soft pillows over firm ones.

• over firm ones

• prefer

• soft pillows

• prefer soft pillows over firm ones

COMPLETE PREDICATE: Run over there!

• (you)

• Run

• run over there

• there

All of the flowers were blooming in the garden.

• blooming

• in the garden

• were blooming in the garden

• All of the flowers

Hair on your head grows a half inch each month.

• Hair on your head

• grows

• grows a half inch each month

• on your head grows a half inch each month