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Subjects and Predicates

Total questions: 80

Worksheet time: 1hrs 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the simple subject of this sentence?

The Sanchez's cat ran away.

a)

cat

b)

Sanchez's

c)

The Sanchez's cat

2.

What is the subject of a sentence?

a)

the verb

b)

the action in the sentence

c)

tells who or what the sentence is about

3.

What is the predicate of a sentence?

a)

Who or what the sentence is about

b)

Tells what the subject is or does

4.

What is the simple predicate of this sentence?

Hostas are easy to grow.

a)

grow

b)

are

c)

easy

d)

Hostas

5.

What is the complete predicate of this sentence?

Friday is the best day of the week.

a)

Friday

b)

is the best day of the week

c)

is

d)

the best day of the week

6.

What is the complete subject of this sentence?

The turtle is swimming in the ocean.

a)

The turtle

b)

is swimming in the ocean

c)

turtle

d)

ocean

7.

What is the complete subject of this sentence?

Darnay, my sister's boyfriend, watches youtube videos to learn new dance moves.

a)

Darnay

b)

boyfriend

c)

Darnay, my sister's boyfriend,

d)

dance moves

8.

What is the complete predicate of this sentence?

Ms. Rauber loves chihuahuas.

a)

Ms. Rauber

b)

loves

c)

chihuahuas

d)

loves chihuahuas

9.

We try to keep our classroom calm and peaceful.

What is the simple subject?

a)

we

b)

try to keep our classroom calm and peaceful

c)

we try

d)

classroom

10.

The white rabbit hopped in the garden.

What is the complete subject?

a)

The white rabbit

b)

hopped in the garden

c)

rabbit

d)

hopped

11.

What is the complete predicate of the sentence?

Twenty-five killer sharks were circling off the coast of Mexico.

a)

killer sharks

b)

were circling

c)

were circling off the coast of Mexico

d)

off the coast of Mexico

12.

Students at our school try to do their best work.

What is the complete subject?

a)

Try to do their best work

b)

Try

c)

Students

d)

Students at our school

13.

The shiny red car was speeding down the street. What is the complete predicate?

a)

The shiny red car

b)

Car

c)

Was speeding down the street

d)

speeding

14.

The athletic children played kickball. What is the simple predicate?

a)

Children

b)

The athletic children

c)

Played kickball

d)

Played

15.

The gray elephant drank water from the lake.

What is the complete subject?

a)

Drank

b)

Elephant

c)

Drank water from the lake

d)

The gray elephant

16.

A shiny green apple grew in the orchard.

What is the complete predicate?

a)

Grew in the orchard

b)

In the orchard

c)

A shiny green apple

d)

Green apple

17.

A helpful senior made copies. What is the simple subject?

a)

Senior

b)

A helpful senior

c)

Made copies

d)

senior made copies

18.

Would this be a complete subject or a complete predicate?My fat cat

a)

Subject

b)

Predicate

19.

Would this be a complete subject or a complete predicate?

hopped over the fence

a)

Subject

b)

predicate

20.

True or False: The subject is in red and the predicate is in blue?

My mom drove us to the game at Concordia.

a)

True

b)

False

21.

What is the simple subject of the sentence below?

Kevin is not going to the ballgame tonight.

a)

Ballgame

b)

Kevin

c)

tonight

d)

going

22.

What is the simple predicate in the sentence below?

The playground at Promenade Park has two merry-go-rounds.

a)

The

b)

playground

c)

has

d)

two merry-go-rounds

23.

Identify the complete predicate below

After school we are going to the Dairy Queen for ice cream

a)

After School

b)

we

c)

are going to the Dairy Queen for ice cream

d)

for ice cream

24.
Identify the complete subject in the sentence below
My puppy ate all of her food last night.
a)
My
b)
My puppy
c)
ate
d)
ate all of her food last night
25.

Are the words in red part of the subject or predicate?

The black horse galloped across the meadow

a)

subject

b)

predicate

26.

True or False: The words in blue are the complete subject of the sentence?

The tree limbs broke from the strong wind.

a)

True

b)

False

27.

What is the subject of the sentence below?

Kody ran ten miles with the cross-country team yesterday.

a)

Kody

b)

ran

c)

ten miles

d)

team

28.

What is the simple predicate in the sentence below?

Last night, we went to the basketball game.

a)

night

b)

we

c)

went

d)

to

29.

What is the complete subject in the sentence below?

Are you going to the movie?

a)

Are

b)

you

c)

going

d)

movie

30.
What is the complete predicate of the sentence below?
Spongebob works at the Krusty Krab.
a)
Spongebob works at
b)
works at the Krusty Krab
c)
Spongebob
d)
at the Krusty Krab
31.

What is the simple predicate in the sentence below?

Mr. Panning is the teacher of the statistics class.

a)

Mr. Panning

b)

statistics class

c)

is

d)

teacher

32.
True of False:
The subject of the sentence below is in blue.
Santa Claus lives at the North Pole.
a)
True
b)
False
33.

Identify the simple subject of the sentence:

Dr. Price's class took the most AP tests.

a)

Dr. Price

b)

AP tests

c)

took

d)

class

34.

Did you read the Dr. Seuss books when you were young?

What is the simple subject of this sentence?

a)

You

b)

Did

c)

Dr. Seuss

d)

books

35.

What is the simple subject in the following sentence?

Mr. Morton and his cat went everywhere together.

a)

There isn't one

b)

Mrs. Morton

c)

Mr. Morton and his cat

d)

Mr. Morton, cat

36.

What is the COMPLETE PREDICATE in the following sentence?

Mrs. Musto and Mrs. Candler went for a jog but ate pizza afterward.

a)

There isn't one

b)

went for a jog but ate pizza afterward

c)

for, but

d)

Mrs. Musto, Mrs. Candler

37.

What is the SIMPLE SUBJECT of the following sentence?

The amazing, incredible llama won the hearts of everyone when he played the flute at his recital.

a)

won

b)

The amazing, incredible llama

c)

won the hearts of everyone when he played the flute at his recital

d)

llama

38.

What is the COMPLETE PREDICATE in the following sentence?

You must take out the garbage before your mom gets home!

a)

must take out the garbage before your mom gets home!

b)

before your mom gets home

c)

You

d)

out the garbage

39.

What is the COMPLETE PREDICATE in the following sentence?

Did you keep all of the English papers in your folder?

a)

keep all of the English papers in your folder

b)

you

c)

did keep all of the English papers in your folder

d)

did you keep

40.
What is the SIMPLE PREDICATE in the following sentence?
The turtle decided that he would no longer race the hare.
a)
turtle
b)
decided
c)
decided that he would no longer race the hare
d)
The turtle
41.

What is the SIMPLE SUBJECT in the following sentence?

They are a little crazy.

a)

There isn't one

b)

crazy

c)

they

d)

are

42.

What is the COMPLETE PREDICATE in the following sentence?

Were they eating pizza and drinking soda for breakfast?

a)

There isn't one

b)

were, they

c)

eating and drinking

d)

eating pizza and drinking soda for breakfast

43.
What is the SIMPLE SUBJECT in the following sentence? 
An angry fan was kicked out of the football game for yelling at the ref.
a)
An angry fan
b)
was kicked out of the football game for yelling at the ref
c)
fan
d)
was 
44.

What is the COMPLETE SUBJECT in the following sentence?

The enormous and powerful Hulk can destroy an entire city within minutes.

a)

can destroy an entire city within minutes

b)

can

c)

The enormous and powerful Hulk

d)

Hulk

45.

What is the COMPLETE SUBJECT in the following sentence?

Mr. Panning, Mrs. Meyers, and Mr. Middleton love to have dance parties on Fridays while drinking coffee.

a)

Mr. Panning, Mrs. Meyers, and Mr. Middleton

b)

love to have

c)

and

d)

Mr. Middleton

46.
Identify the complete predicate:
A person's normal body temperature is 98.6˚ F.
a)
temperature is 98.6˚F
b)
is 98.6˚ F
c)
normal body temperature is 98.6˚ F
d)
A person's
47.
Identify the complete subject:
Your liver stores extra vitamins and minerals.
a)
liver stores
b)
stores extra vitamins and minerals
c)
Your
d)
Your liver
48.
Identify the complete subject:
The white blood cells in your blood fight disease.
a)
The white blood cells
b)
The white blood cells in your blood
c)
fight disease.
d)
The white blood cells in your blood fight
49.
Identify the complete predicate:
Your rib cage protects your lungs from injury.
a)
Your rib cage protects
b)
protects your lungs from injury
c)
your lungs from injury
d)
rib cage protects your lungs from injury
50.
What is a simple subject?
a)
who or what the sentence is about without any describing words
b)
the verb without any describing words
51.
What is the simple subject in the following sentence?
Four young soldiers led the troops into battle.
a)
four
b)
soldiers
c)
young
d)
led
52.
What is the simple subject in the following sentence?
Two beautiful goldfish in the pond were eating the insects on the top of the water.
a)
beautiful
b)
eating
c)
goldfish
d)
water
53.
What is the simple predicate in the following sentence?
We played basketball yesterday.
a)
We
b)
played
c)
basketball
d)
yesterday
54.
What is the simple predicate in the following sentence?
The hot oven has two trays in it.
a)
hot
b)
oven
c)
has
d)
it
55.
What is the simple predicate in the following sentence?
Billy's favorite cookie is a chocolate chip cookie.
a)
Billy's
b)
favorite
c)
is
d)
cookie
56.

Identify the simple subject:

Are we going out on Halloween?

a)

we

b)

are going

c)

Halloween

d)

out

57.

Identify the simple subject: Have the men come all the way from Europe?

a)

have

b)

men

c)

Europe

d)

have come

58.

What is the simple subject of the following sentence:

The owner of the bicycle shop smiled.

a)

owner

b)

bicycle

c)

shop

d)

smiled

59.

Find the simple predicate:

A tall blond girl had been studying one bicycle.

a)

A tall blond girl

b)

studying

c)

bicycle

d)

had been studying

60.

Find the simple subject:

It was standing in front of the other bicycles.

a)

bicycles

b)

was standing

c)

it

d)

standing

61.

Find the simple predicate:

Customers were filling the shop.

a)

Customers

b)

were filling

c)

filling

d)

shop

62.

Find the simple subject:

A shiny silver bell hung from its handlebars.

a)

shiny

b)

bell

c)

hung

d)

handlebars

63.

Find the simple predicate:

Julie's sister was buying some reflectors.

a)

Julie's sister

b)

sister

c)

reflectors

d)

was buying

64.

Find the simple predicate:

A boy has bought a book on bicycle repair.

a)

boy

b)

has bought

c)

book

d)

repair

65.

Find the simple predicate:

He wants a bicycle with seats and pedals for two riders.

a)

he

b)

wants

c)

bicycle

d)

riders

66.

Find the simple predicate:

Crowds of curious customers have been staring at the unicycle.

a)

crowds

b)

curious

c)

unicycle

d)

have been staring

67.
What is the predicate of a sentence?
a)
Who the sentence is about?
b)
tells what the subject is or does
68.

What is the complete predicate of this sentence?

The class studied the history of slavery in America in social studies.

a)

class

b)

The class

c)

studied the history of slavery in America in social studies

d)

studied

69.
What is the complete subject in the sentence?
The music class attended the opera.
a)
music
b)
The music class
c)
attended the opera
d)
attended
70.
Find the complete subject: My students could not wait to get home after school. 
a)
could not wait
b)
My students  
c)
home after school
71.

A sentence has three elements: a subject and a verb that make

a)

a complete thought.

b)

the words interesting

c)

hydrogen

d)

phrase

72.
What is the complete subject?
The crying baby was hungry.
a)
The crying
b)
baby 
c)
The crying baby
d)
was hungry. 
73.
What is the complete subject?
Judy and Maggie ran through the cornfields. 
a)
Judy
b)
Judy and Maggie
c)
ran 
d)
ran through the cornfields. 
74.
What is the complete subject?
The problem on the test was hard to answer. 
a)
The problem
b)
The problem on the test
c)
was hard
d)
was hard to answer.
75.
What is the complete subject?
My family's vacation was to Disney World.
a)
Disney World
b)
family's vacation
c)
was to Disney World
d)
My family's vacation
76.
What is the complete predicate?
The apple orchard allowed us to gather apples. 
a)
The apple orchard
b)
gather
c)
allowed us to gather apples
d)
apple orchard allowed
77.
What is the complete predicate?
Most rocks are made of more than one mineral. 
a)
Most rocks
b)
are made of more than one mineral.
c)
Most rocks are made
d)
None of the above. 
78.
What is the complete predicate?
I hope we have a great weekend!
a)
hope
b)
I 
c)
hope we have a great weekend
d)
None of the above
79.
What is the complete subject in the following sentence?
The warm weather surprised us.
a)
Weather
b)
The warm weather
c)
surprised
d)
surprised us
80.
What is the complete predicate in the following sentence?
The whole family worked in the garden.
a)
worked
b)
worked in the garden
c)
family
d)
The whole family

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