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Subjects/Predicates and Helping Verbs

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What part is the subject of this sentence?
The cat ran away.
a)
The cat
b)
ran away
2.
What is the subject of a sentence?
a)
the verb
b)
the action in the sentence
c)
tells who are what the sentence is about
3.
What is the predicate of a sentence
a)
Who the sentence is about?
b)
tells what the subject is or does
4.
What is the predicate of this sentence?
The cat ran away
a)
the cat
b)
ran away
5.
What is the predicate of this sentence?
Friday is the best day of the week.
a)
Friday
b)
is the best day of the week
6.
What is the subject of this sentence?
The turtle is swimming in the ocean.
a)
The turtle
b)
is swimming in the ocean
7.
What is the subject of this sentence?
Friday is the best day of the week.
a)
Friday
b)
is the best day of the week
8.
What is the predicate of this sentence?
Mrs. Harris loves her students
a)
Mrs. Harris
b)
loves
c)
her students
d)
loves her students
9.

We try to keep our classroom neat.

What is the subject?

a)

We

b)

Try to keep our classroom neat

c)

We try

d)

Classroom

10.
The white rabbit hopped in the garden.
What is the subject?
a)
The white rabbit
b)
hopped in the garden
c)
rabbit
d)
hopped
11.
The shiny red car was speeding down the street.  What is the predicate?
a)
The shiny red car
b)
Car
c)
Was speeding down the street
d)
speeding
12.
The athletic children played kickball.  What is the predicate?
a)
Children
b)
The athletic children
c)
Kickball
d)
Played kickball
13.
The gray elephant drank water from the lake.
What is the subject?
a)
Drank
b)
Elephant
c)
Drank water from the lake
d)
The gray elephant
14.
A shiny green apple grew in the orchard.
What is the predicate?
a)
Grew in the orchard
b)
In the orchard
c)
A shiny green apple
d)
Green apple
15.
A helpful first grader made copies.  What is the subject?
a)
First grader
b)
A helpful first grader
c)
Made copies
d)
grader made copies
16.
My fat cat
a)
Subject
b)
Predicate
17.
hopped over the fence
a)
Subject
b)
predicate
18.
Is the highlighted word a subject or a predicate?
Mr. Keene likes his school.
a)
Subject
b)
Predicate
19.
Is the highlighted word a subject or a predicate? 
The girl liked to sing.
a)
Subject
b)
Predicate
20.
Is the highlighted word a subject or a predicate?
Ben is reading a book about how dinosaurs went extinct. 
a)
Subject
b)
Predicate
21.
Is the highlighted word a subject or a predicate?
Dogs bark.
a)
Predicate
b)
Subject
22.
They are singing for his birthday.
What type of verb is highlighted?
a)
main verb
b)
helping verb
23.
Cookie Monster will eat lots of cookies.
What type of verb is highlighted?
a)
main verb
b)
helping verb
24.
Mrs. Obama has given many speeches.
What type of verb is highlighted?
a)
main verb
b)
helping verb
25.
The jellyfish can sting you and that's very painful.
What type of verb is highlighted?
a)
main verb
b)
helping verb
26.
Dad has cut the cake.
What type of verb is highlighted?
a)
main verb
b)
helping verb
27.
Those cows have eaten all the grass.
What type of verb is highlighted?
a)
main verb
b)
helping verb
28.
The family has gathered for Sunday dinner.
What type of verb is highlighted?
a)
main verb
b)
helping verb
29.
His baby brother slept soundly in his crib.
What is the verb?
a)
brother
b)
slept
c)
crib
30.
Which one of the words below is a HELPING verb? 
"The waiter was delivering food when he accidentally spilled a bowl of spaghetti" 
a)
Waiter
b)
was
c)
delivering
d)
food 
31.

What is the simple predicate in this sentence?

Jake from State Farm is my friend.

a)

from

b)

State Farm

c)

is

d)

my

32.

What is the simple predicate in this sentence?

Joshua decided to eat cake for dinner.

a)

decided

b)

eat

c)

decided to eat

d)

Joshua

33.

What is the simple predicate in this sentence?

My brother and I are leaving soon.

a)

and

b)

brother

c)

leaving

d)

are leaving

34.

The following contains a compound predicate (true or false)

The dog destroyed and ate the toy.

a)

true

b)

false

35.

The following contains a compound predicate (true or false)

My backpack and my binder are missing.

a)

true

b)

false

36.

The following contains a compound predicate (true or false)

Mr. Wegner told me he was old and tired.

a)

true

b)

false

37.

The following contains a compound subject (true or false)

The fish and the shrimp are delicious.

a)

true

b)

false

38.

The following contains a compound subject (true or false)

Either Jarod or Lee will need to decide the answer.

a)

true

b)

false

39.

The following contains a compound subject (true or false)

I am funny and smart!

a)

true

b)

false

40.

The following contains a compound subject and a compound predicate(true or false)

The frog and the princess is my favorite story.

a)

true

b)

false