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WorksheetsPredicates!
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
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Class
Date
1.
Define "predicate."
a)
The main verb of a sentence; what the subject does.
b)
The part of a sentence that tells what it is about.
c)
The part of a sentence that makes a complete thought.
d)
It comes before the dictate.
2.
Define "sentence."
a)
A subject and a predicate that makes a complete thought.
b)
A group of words with a subject an a verb.
c)
Starts with a capital letter.
d)
Ends with a period.
3.
This type of verb is not an action verb. It joins a subject to a noun or an adjective.
a)
Helping verb
b)
Transitive verb
c)
Intransitive verb
d)
Linking verb
4.
This type of action verb transfers the action to a direct object.
a)
Transitive
b)
Intransitive
c)
Helping
d)
Linking
5.
Which of the following is NOT a helping verb?
a)
Should
b)
Will
c)
Make
d)
Might
6.
Verbs ending in -ing that act as nouns are called
a)
participles
b)
gerunds
c)
helping
d)
transitive
7.
Verbs ending in -ing that are used as adjectives are called
a)
predicates
b)
gerunds
c)
participles
d)
linking
8.
These are the base forms of verbs written as "to _____."
a)
transitive
b)
action
c)
gerunds
d)
infinitives
9.
All of the following can be used as the predicate of a sentence EXCEPT
a)
Action Verbs
b)
Helping Verbs + Main Verbs
c)
Participles
d)
Linking Verbs
10.
Transitive verbs transfer/do the action to the
a)
subject
b)
predicate
c)
direct object
d)
infinitive
11.
True or False? All predicates must be a verb.
a)
True
b)
False
12.
True or False? Infinitives can be the predicate of a sentence.
a)
True
b)
False
13.
What's the predicate? "To get the villains to confess, Wonder Woman will use her Lasso of Truth."
a)
confess
b)
get
c)
use
d)
will use
14.
What's the predicate? "Captain America was looking for a blinking light on the bomb."
a)
looking
b)
was looking
c)
blinking
d)
bomb
15.
What's the predicate? "Did Hulk take Beast with him to the laboratory?"
a)
take
b)
did
c)
did take
d)
with
16.
What's the predicate? "Saving the world is Captain America's specialty."
a)
saving
b)
is
c)
specialty
d)
is saving
17.
What's the predicate? Vision likes to cook for his friends.
a)
cook
b)
likes
c)
for
d)
vision
18.
What's the predicate? Following the invasion, the Avengers prepared for battle.
a)
following
b)
invasion
c)
prepared
d)
battle
19.
What's the predicate? "Running to the scene, Black Widow threw Hawkeye his arrows."
a)
running
b)
scene
c)
threw
d)
arrow
20.
What's the predicate? Antman crawled into the ticking bomb to try to disarm it.
a)
crawled
b)
try
c)
disarm
d)
ticking
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