Identifying Subjects and Predicates

What is the primary characteristic of a sentence?

• A group of words that ends with punctuation.

• A phrase that contains a verb.

• A statement that expresses a complete thought.

• A collection of nouns and pronouns.

What is the subject of a sentence?

• The action word that tells what is happening

• The person, place, thing, or idea that the sentence is about

• A group of words that describes a noun

• The part of the sentence that shows when or where something happens

What is the subject of this sentence:

The dog barked loudly.

• The dog

• barked

• loudly.

In the sentence "My friends walked to school," what is the subject?

• school

• walked

• My friends

• to school

What is the subject of the sentence:

She smiled.

• She

• smiled

What is included in the complete subject? Select ALL that apply.

• All words after the action word

• The main noun

• The action words

• All words describing the main noun

What is included in the simple subject? Choose ALL that apply.

• All words after the action word

• The main noun

• The action word

• All words that describe the main noun

What is the predicate in a sentence?

• The person, place, thing, or idea that the sentence is about

• The part of the sentence that shows when or where something happens

• The part of the sentence that tells what the subject does or is

• A group of words that describes a noun

What is the predicate of the sentence, "The dog barked loudly."

• The

• dog

• barked loudly

True or False: In the sentence, "My friends walked to school together," the predicate is walked to school together.

• True

• False