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Subject and Predicate

Total questions: 71

Worksheet time: 53mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
The cow jumped over the moon.
What is the subject of this sentence?
a)
cow
b)
moon
c)
jumped
d)
over
2.
The princess walked into the factory and slipped.
What is the predicate of the sentence?
a)
walked into the factory
b)
the princess
c)
walked into the factory and slipped
d)
and slipped
3.
After the festival, Mr. Allred ate two more hot dogs.
What is the subject of the sentence?
a)
After the festival
b)
Mr. Allred
c)
ate two more hot dogs
d)
hot dogs
4.
Even though she was tired, Ms. Preddy continued to work hard at school.
What is the predicate of the sentence?
a)
tired
b)
school
c)
she
d)
Ms. Preddy
5.
Mr. Hill and Mr. Allred played basketball during elective time.
What is the subject of the sentence?
a)
Mr. Hill
b)
Mr. Hill and Mr. Allred
c)
Mr. Allred
d)
basketball
6.
The teachers did not allow Mr. Davis to play in the staff faculty basketball game because he would have beaten them too badly.
What is the subject of the sentence?
a)
The teachers
b)
Mr. Davis
c)
he
d)
the staff faculty basketball game
7.
Although Ms.  Wilkinson was hungry, she gave the last piece of cake to Ms. Kearney.
What is the subject of the sentence?
a)
Ms. Wilkinson
b)
she
c)
Ms. Kearney
d)
piece of cake
8.
Ms. Mabry walked around the track and Ms. Plambeck played soccer.
What is the subject of the sentence?
a)
Ms. Mabry
b)
Ms. Plambeck
c)
Ms. Mabry and Ms. Plambeck
d)
soccer
9.
Because the students were behaving so badly, Mr. Gibson challenged them to wrestle Mr. Hill.
What is the subject of the sentence?
a)
them
b)
Mr. Hill
c)
Mr. Gibson
d)
the students
10.
Ms. Montgomery laughed very hard when she saw Ms. Mertz dancing.
What is the predicate of the sentence?
a)
Ms. Montgomery
b)
laughed very hard
c)
laughed very hard when she saw Ms. Mertz dancing.
d)
Ms. Mertz dancing.
11.
A complete sentence needs a subject and a predicate.
a)
True
b)
False
12.
Define subject?
a)
what is said about the subject. 
b)
a person, place, or thing.
c)
who or what the sentence is about. 
13.
Define predicate.
a)
What is said about the subject. 
b)
a person, place, thing or idea. 
c)
a group of words that look like a sentence. 
14.
Find the subject: My student Ana could not wait to get home after seventh period. 
a)
could not wait
b)
My student Ana  
c)
could not
15.
Find the subject: John looked out of the window to check the sky. 
a)
John
b)
John looked
c)
John looked out
16.
Find the predicate: My friends are taking guitar lessons. 
a)
guitar lessons.
b)
are 
c)
are taking guitar lessons. 
17.
A man
a)
Subject
b)
Predicate
18.
ran far away
a)
Subject
b)
Predicate
19.
What is the complete subject in the sentence:
The girls in fourth grade sang at the concert.
a)
the girls
b)
The girls in fourth grade
c)
sang at the concert
d)
grade sang
20.
What is the simple predicate in the sentence:
The bus suddenly stopped at the corner.
a)
suddenly stopped at the corner
b)
stopped
c)
suddenly stopped
d)
the bus
21.
What is the complete subject in the sentence:
All of the flowers were blooming in the garden.
a)
flowers
b)
in the garden
c)
garden
d)
all of the flowers
22.
What is the complete predicate in the sentence:
The team swam for hours in the pool.
a)
swam
b)
swam for hours in the pool
c)
team swam
d)
swam for hours
23.
What is the simple subject in the sentence:
The car must have run out of gas.
a)
gas
b)
that car
c)
car
d)
out of gas
24.
My fat cat
a)
Subject
b)
Predicate
25.
hopped over the fence
a)
Subject
b)
predicate
26.

What is the subject?

Allison jumped on her bed.

a)

Allison

b)

her

27.

What is the subject?

Bradley rode his bike to school.

a)

his bike

b)

Bradley

28.

What is the subject?

Mason and Seth played football at recess.

a)

Seth played

b)

Mason and Seth

29.

What is the subject?

The dog chased the cat through the yard.

a)

dog and cat

b)

The dog

30.

What is the predicate?

We won fifty dollars at the fair.

a)

won

b)

won fifty dollars at the fair

31.

What is the predicate?

She painted her bedroom pink and purple.

a)

painted her bedroom

b)

painted her bedroom pink and purple

32.
What would happen if a sentence were missing a predicate?
a)
It would not form a complete thought
b)
It would be a run-on sentence
c)
The noun and verb would not agree
d)
It would not be in English
33.
What is the function of a subject in a sentence?
a)
It describes the meanings of the different words
b)
It explains the action that's being taken
c)
It tells you who or what the sentence is about
d)
It modifies the nouns
34.
What is the subject of the sentence, "My uncle Bob went fishing last Saturday?"
a)
Fishing
b)
Uncle Bob
c)
Saturday
d)
Last
35.
What is true of all predicates?
a)
They all contain verbs
b)
They all contain nouns
c)
They all contain adjectives
d)
They all contain adverbs
36.
What is the complete predicate of the following sentence? "John found a Red Delicious apple on the ground."
a)
John
b)
Found
c)
Found an apple
d)
Found a red delicious apple on the ground
37.
What is true of all predicates?
a)
They all contain verbs
b)
They all contain nouns
c)
They all contain adjectives
d)
They all contain adverbs
38.
What is the simple predicate of the sentence, "John found a Red Delicious apple on the ground.?"
a)
JOhn
b)
FOund
c)
Found an apple
d)
Found a red delicious apple on the ground
39.
Which of these words could be a simple subject?
a)
Fred
b)
Said
c)
The
d)
Is
40.
What is the complete predicate?
Sam wrote a letter to her brother in college. 
a)
wrote
b)
wrote a letter
c)
to her brother
d)
wrote a letter to her brother in college
41.
What is the complete subject? 
The crazy clown ran rampant through the streets. 
a)
ran
b)
The crazy clown
c)
clown
d)
streets 
42.
What is the simple subject? 
The green hats were worn by many students. 
a)
green 
b)
hats
c)
The green hats
d)
worn
43.
Identify the sentence that correctly splits the complete subject and complete predicate.
 
a)
The mountains looked/ much smaller in the distance. 
b)
The mountains looked much smaller /in the distance. 
c)
The mountains/ looked much smaller in the distance. 
d)
The/ mountains looked much smaller in the distance. 
44.
Identify the sentence that splits the complete subject and complete predicate correctly. 
a)
The boys/ and the girls laughed and ran through the hallways. 
b)
The boys and the girls laughed/ and ran through the hallways. 
c)
The boys and the girls/ laughed and ran through the hallways. 
d)
The boys and the girls laughed and ran through the hallways.
45.
What is the simple subject and simple predicate? 
Mrs. Raines' first period class creates very memorable memes. 
a)
Mrs. Raines/ creates
b)
class/ creates 
c)
first period class/ creates memorable memes
d)
Raines' first period class/ creates
46.
Identify the sentence that splits the complete subject and complete predicate correctly. 
a)
Timmy, a seventh grader, / will be tutoring a group of fourth graders. 
b)
Timmy,/ a seventh grader, will be tutoring a group of fourth graders. 
c)
Timmy, a seventh / grader, will be / tutoring a group of fourth graders. 
d)
Timmy, a seventh grader, will be tutoring / a group of fourth graders. 
47.
Identify the sentence that splits the complete subject and complete predicate correctly. 
a)
On the streets, /an encounter with a clown can be quite frightening. 
b)
On the streets, an encounter with a clown /can be quite frightening. 
c)
On the streets, an encounter /with a clown can be quite frightening. 
d)
On the streets, an encounter with a clown can be /quite frightening. 
48.

Find the subject:

Six small sheep sleep silently.

a)

Six small

b)

small sheep sleep

c)

Six small sheep

d)

sleep silently

49.

Find the subject:

The tall castle is a nice place to live.

a)

The tall castle

b)

is a nice place to live.

c)

castle is a nice place

d)

The tall castle is a nice place to

50.

Find the subject:

Bears like to eat meat and berries.

a)

like to eat meat and berries.

b)

meat and berries.

c)

Bears like to

d)

Bears

51.

Find the subject:

Boys and girls play happily on the playground.

a)

girls play happily

b)

play happily on the playground.

c)

Boys and girls

d)

Boys and girls play

52.

Find the predicate:

The princess put the dragon in a tower.

a)

The princess

b)

the dragon

c)

The princess put the dragon

d)

put the dragon in a tower.

53.

Find the predicate:

A whale and a shark talked all night long.

a)

talked all night long.

b)

A whale and a shark

c)

long.

d)

a shark talked

54.

Find the predicate:

The machine broke.

a)

The

b)

The machine

c)

broke.

d)

machine broke.

55.
What is the simple predicate of this sentence?
The massive brown bear was wandering through the neighborhood.
a)
was
b)
brown bear
c)
bear
d)
was wandering
56.
What is the simple subject of this sentence?
The massive brown bear was wandering through the neighborhood.
a)
massive brown
b)
wandering
c)
was wandering
d)
bear
57.
What is the complete predicate of this sentence?
The speedy fox jumped over the wall.
a)
speedy fox
b)
fox jumped over
c)
jumped over the wall
d)
The speedy fox
58.
What is the complete subject of this sentence?
The speedy fox jumped over the wall.
a)
speedy fox
b)
jumped over the wall
c)
the wall
d)
The speedy fox
59.
What is the complete predicate of this sentence?
My mother gave me money for my birthday.
a)
My mother gave me
b)
gave me money for my birthday
c)
gave me money
d)
for my birthday
60.
What is the simple subject of this sentence?
Mader's best friend was a speedy red racecar.
a)
friend
b)
Mader's
c)
best
d)
was
61.
What is the simple predicate of this sentence?
Mater's best friend was a speedy red racecar.
a)
friend
b)
red racecar
c)
was
d)
best
62.

What is the subject of this sentence:

A buzzing bee looked for nectar in the flower.

a)

A buzzing bee

b)

looked for nectar

c)

in the flower

63.

What is the subject of this sentence?

The cow jumped over the moon.

a)

cow

b)

moon

c)

jumped

d)

over

64.

What is the subject?

Mom baked me a cake today.

a)

mom

b)

baked

c)

cake

65.

What is a predicate?

a)

What the subject is doing

b)

a person, place, thing or idea.

c)

a group of words that look like a sentence.

66.

What is the COMPLETE predicate?

My sweet mom baked me a cake today.

a)

My sweet mom

b)

baked

c)

baked me a cake today

d)

baked me

67.

What is the Verb? Select ONE!

Jackets and ties are required in that restaurant.

a)

jackets

b)

ties

c)

are required

d)

restaurant

68.

What's the Verb? Select ONE!

On our math test, Ann and Mark scored the highest.

a)

our

b)

test

c)

scored

d)

highest

69.

What's the Verb? Select ONE!

Both history and math require a textbook and a computer.

a)

both

b)

require

c)

textbook

d)

computer

70.

What's the VERB? Select TWO!

The front and back tires are low and need air.

a)

front

b)

back

c)

are low

d)

need

71.

What's the Subject? Select ONE.

I can laugh or cry at a good movie.

a)

I

b)

can laugh

c)

cry

d)

movie