Understanding Subjects and Predicates

Which part of the sentence is the simple subject? "The brown dog barked loudly."

• The brown dog barked

• dog

• barked loudly

• The brown

What is the complete predicate in the sentence below? "Sarah and Tom played soccer after school."

• played soccer after school

• Sarah and Tom

• played

• after school

Identify the simple predicate in the following sentence: "The cat slept on the warm windowsill."

• slept

• The cat

• on the warm windowsill

• slept on the warm windowsill

Which is the complete subject in this sentence? "The tall basketball player scored the winning point."

• The tall basketball player

• scored the winning point

• basketball player

• The tall

Choose the simple subject in the sentence below: "Many colorful birds flew over the lake."

• Many colorful birds

• birds

• flew over the lake

• lake

What is the complete predicate in this sentence? "My little brother built a sandcastle at the beach."

• built a sandcastle at the beach

• My little brother

• built

• at the beach

Identify the simple predicate in the following sentence: "The students in the library read quietly."

• The students in the library

• read

• read quietly

• quietly

Which is the complete subject in this sentence? "Bright yellow flowers bloomed in the garden."

• Bright yellow flowers

• flowers

• bloomed in the garden

• in the garden

Choose the simple subject in the sentence below: "The noisy children played in the park."

• The noisy children

• children

• played in the park

• park

What is the complete predicate in this sentence? "The old train chugged down the tracks slowly."

• chugged down the tracks slowly

• The old train

• chugged

• down the tracks slowly