Wayground logo

Free Printable Worksheets

Font size

S
M
L
XL
Worksheets

Parts of a Sentence (Study)

Total questions: 35

Worksheet time: 23mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the simple subject?
Judge Lane presided over municipal court. 
a)
presided
b)
court
c)
Judge Lane
d)
Judge
2.
What is the simple subject? 
The airport terminal was crowded with holiday travelers. 
a)
The airport terminal
b)
terminal
c)
was crowded
d)
travelers
3.
What is the COMPLETE subject?
A free rock concert was held in the city park. 
a)
concert
b)
A free rock concert
c)
was held
d)
in the city park
4.
True or False: The SIMPLE subject is in red. 
Captain Gomez of the police department directed the traffic unit during the president's visit. 
a)
True
b)
False
5.
My Aunt Laura bought me a new shirt for my birthday.
The part in blue is the predicate. Which word is the simple predicate?
a)
shirt
b)
bought
c)
birthday
d)
me
6.
Is the highlighted word a subject or a predicate?
Farmers grow crops.
a)
Subject
b)
Predicate
7.
Our brown, fluffy cat named Fez ran up a tree. 
The blue part of the sentence is the ______.
a)
subject
b)
noun
c)
compound sentence
d)
predicate
8.
Which is the complete subject of the following sentence?
The white blood cells in your blood fight disease.
a)
The white blood cells
b)
The white blood cells in your blood
c)
The white blood
d)
The white blood cells in your blood fight
9.
What is the verb phrase in the following sentence? 
J.K. Rowling has written one of the most amazing series of novels to date.  
a)
Rowling 
b)
to date
c)
most amazing 
d)
has written 
10.
What is the verb phrase in the following sentence? 
Harry is helped by teachers and his friends, Ron and Hermione. 
a)
is helped
b)
friends
c)
Ron 
d)
Hermione
11.

The predicate of a sentence is:

a)

Who or what the sentence is about

b)

The rest of the sentence, that tells us about what the subject is doing

12.

A(n)________ is any word or word group that completes the meaning of a verb.

a)

complement

b)

verb

c)

noun

d)

subject

13.
Which is the complete predicate of the following sentence?
Your stomach stretches like a balloon.
a)
Your stomach stretches
b)
like a balloon
c)
Your stomach 
d)
stretches like a balloon
14.

Direct and indirect objects work with only what kind of verbs?

a)

action

b)

linking

15.
A direct object receives the action from the verb.
a)
true
b)
false
16.
Identify the subject of the sentence:My parents gave me a present for my birthday.
a)
my
b)
parents
c)
birthday
d)
present
17.
Identify the indirect object in the sentence:Sally sold Jim some tickets to her school play.
a)
Sally
b)
tickets
c)
Jim
d)
school
18.
Identify the direct objects:The sun gives people warmth and light.
a)
sun
b)
warmth and light
c)
people
d)
light
19.
Identify the indirect object:The sun gives people warmth and light.
a)
people
b)
sun
c)
warmth
d)
warmth and light
20.
Identify the indirect object:The travel agent made them a plan for their upcoming trip.
a)
agent
b)
plan
c)
them
d)
trip
21.
Identify the direct object - had what?
Charlie had problems.
a)
Charlie
b)
had
c)
Charlie had
d)
problems
22.
Identify the direct object - loved what?
Readers loved the ordinary boy.
a)
Readers
b)
loved
c)
ordinary boy
d)
boy
23.

What type of verbs go with subject complements?

a)

action

b)

linking

24.

What is the subject complement?

Mrs. Jones was very tired after a long day of running.

a)

Mrs. Jones

b)

was

c)

very

d)

tired

25.

What is the linking verb?

He was happy he got on the honor roll.

a)

he

b)

was

c)

happy

d)

roll

26.

What is the subject complement?

She is a good neighbor.

a)

she

b)

is

c)

neighbor

d)

good

27.

What is the subject complement?

Rainbows are beautiful.

a)

rainbows

b)

are

c)

beautiful

28.

What is the subject complement?

Louis was the president of the student body.

a)

student

b)

president

c)

Louis

d)

was

29.
Predicate Adjective or Predicate Nominative?

Maud has been a dog walker since July.
a)
Predicate Adjective
b)
Predicate Nominative
30.
Predicate Adjective or Predicate Nominative?
Football is my favorite sport.
a)
Predicate Adjective
b)
Predicate Nominative
31.
Predicate Adjective or Predicate Nominative?
The Patriots are the team to beat.
a)
Predicate Adjective
b)
Predicate Nominative
32.
Predicate Adjective or Predicate Nominative?
The milk tasted funky after being left out for two hours.
a)
Predicate Adjective
b)
Predicate Nominative
33.
Identify the linking verb in the sentence:Mark's idea is an option to consider.
a)
option
b)
consider
c)
is
d)
Mark's
34.
Identify the subject complement.
The dinosaur looks clumsy to me.
a)
dinosaur
b)
looks
c)
clumsy
d)
me
35.

Identify the subject complement:

The flight to Houston was very swift.

a)
flight
b)
Houston
c)
very
d)
swift