Understanding Subject and Predicate

What are the two main parts of a complete sentence?

• Subject and Object

• Subject and Predicate

• Predicate and Verb

• Noun and Verb

What does the subject of a sentence represent?

• The description of the action

• What or whom the sentence is about

• The object of the sentence

• The action in the sentence

What does the predicate of a sentence tell us?

• The subject of the sentence

• The action or state of the subject

• The tense of the sentence

• The object of the sentence

In the sentence 'Roy is wearing a black shirt', what is the predicate?

• Roy

• Wearing a black shirt

• Is wearing

• A black shirt

Identify the subject in the sentence: 'The tall boy is with his mom.'

• His mom

• Is with

• The tall boy

• The boy

In the sentence 'Roy and Sam are playing outside', what are the subjects?

• Playing outside

• Are playing

• Roy and Sam

• Outside

What is the predicate in the sentence: 'The store owner Devereux gives us free books whenever we go to his store'?

• Gives us free books whenever we go to his store

• The store owner Devereux

• Whenever we go

• Free books

In the sentence 'Laura, my sister's best friend, plays dominoes with her family', what is the subject?

• Dominoes

• Her family

• Laura, my sister's best friend

• Plays dominoes with her family

What is a helpful tip for identifying the predicate in a sentence?

• It usually starts with a noun

• It usually starts with a verb

• It is always the longest part of the sentence

• It is always at the end of the sentence

When dividing a sentence into subject and predicate, what should be ensured?

• All words must be part of either the subject or predicate

• All words must be part of the predicate

• Some words can be left out

• All words must be part of the subject