Subjects and Predicates

Which part of the sentence is the simple subject? "The cat slept on the mat."

• cat

• slept

• on the mat

• the mat

What is the simple predicate in the sentence below? "Sarah runs every morning."

• Sarah

• runs

• every morning

• Sarah runs

Identify the complete subject in the following sentence: "The tall basketball player scored a basket."

• The tall basketball player

• scored

• a basket

• scored a basket

Which of the following is the complete predicate in the sentence? "The students finished their homework quickly."

• The students

• finished their homework quickly

• finished

• their homework quickly

Choose the simple subject in the sentence: "Many colorful birds fly south for the winter."

• birds

• Many colorful birds

• fly

• south

What is the simple predicate in the following sentence? "The dog barked loudly at the stranger."

• dog

• barked

• barked loudly

• at the stranger

Identify the complete subject in this sentence: "Several of the students in the class volunteered."

• Several of the students in the class

• volunteered

• the students

• in the class

Which is the complete predicate in the sentence below? "The little boy with the red hat laughed loudly."

• The little boy with the red hat

• laughed loudly

• with the red hat

• laughed

Select the simple subject in the following sentence: "After the rain, the flowers bloomed beautifully."

• flowers

• the flowers

• bloomed

• After the rain

What is the simple predicate in this sentence? "The teacher explained the lesson clearly."

• teacher

• explained

• explained the lesson

• the lesson