Identifying Subjects and Predicates

What is a sentence?

• A group of words that makes sense.

• A set of words that expresses a complete thought.

• Words that always have a verb.

• A collection of words about a person.

What part of a sentence tells who or what the sentence is about?

• The verb

• The predicate

• The subject

• The object

In the sentence "The nurses assist the doctors," what is the simple subject?

• doctors

• assist

• nurses

• the doctors

What is the simple subject in the sentence "Many meetings begin with a prayer."?

• Many

• meetings

• Many meetings

• prayer

What is the complete subject in the sentence: "The girl in a pink dress smiles at her friends."

• girl

• The girl

• The girl in a pink dress

• friends

What is the simple subject in the sentence: "His classmate's friend Sarah reads history books everyday."

• His classmate's friend

• Sarah

• His classmate's friend Sarah

• books

Which word is the subject in the sentence: "They go to the campus library every afternoon."

• go

• They

• campus library

• afternoon

What is the complete predicate in the sentence: "The nurses assist the doctors."

• assist

• the doctors

• assist the doctors

• The nurses