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Finding Subjects and Verbs

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the verb in the following sentence?


I need to run to the grocery store after school.

a)

run

b)

"to run"

c)

need

d)

after

2.

What is/are the subject(s) in the following sentence? Check all that apply.


She gave me a ton of help on my math assignment.

a)

She

b)

ton

c)

help

d)

math assignment

3.

What is/are the subject(s) in the following sentence? Check all that apply.


The grove of orange trees make the entire hillside beautiful when they bloom in the spring.

a)

trees

b)

hillside

c)

grove

d)

they

4.

What is/are the subject(s) in the following sentence?


Watch your head when you walk into the room.

a)

Your

b)

you

c)

(You)

d)

head

5.

Is there a subject in the following sentence?


Run!!!

a)

Yes

b)

No

6.

What is/are the verb(s) in the following sentence?


Watch your head when you walk into the room.

a)

walk

b)

your

c)

Watch

d)

into

7.

What is the subject in the following sentence?


Around the corner was a small apartment.

a)

apartment

b)

small

c)

corner

d)

around

8.

Check each word that is either a subject or a verb in the following sentence:


When the manager of Staples began to fumble awkwardly for his keys, the robber began to grow impatient.

a)

manager

b)

Staples

c)

began

d)

fumble

e)

grow

9.

Check each word that is either a subject or a verb in the following sentence:


Why do you and Kevin insist on being the bane of my existence?

a)

on being

b)

you

c)

existence

d)

do insist

e)

Kevin

10.

Select the correct pair of subjects and verbs in the following sentence:


The stack of baseball and football cards on the floor are going to be swept up by the sweeper.

a)

baseball + football cards / are going

b)

stack / are going

c)

baseball + football cards / to be swept up

d)

stack / to be swept up

e)

None are correct pairs

11.

What is the subject in the following sentence?


From the ceiling hung the chandelier.

a)

ceiling

b)

hung

c)

chandelier

d)

None are the subject

12.

What is the subject in the following sentence?


What tragedy was the legend of the Bermuda Triangle accused of causing for pilots and sailors?

a)

pilots

b)

sailors

c)

tragedy

d)

Bermuda Triangle

e)

legend

13.

What is/are the subject(s) in the following famous English idiom which?


Behind every great man is a great woman - probably rolling her eyes at him.

a)

man

b)

woman

c)

eyes

d)

him

e)

NONE are the subject.

14.

What is/are the verb(s) in the following famous English idiom which?


Behind every great man is a great woman - probably rolling her eyes at him.

a)

probably

b)

rolling

c)

behind

d)

is

e)

NONE are the verb.

15.

What is/are the verb(s) and subject(s) in the following sentence?


The time-honored tradition of peacefully transitioning power to the next President Elect is one of America's greatest institutions.

a)

tradition

b)

transitioning

c)

President Elect

d)

one

e)

is