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Identifying Subject and Verbs

Total questions: 60

Worksheet time: 37mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the verb in this sentence? The rabbit scampered into the bushes.

(a)  

2.

What is the verb in this sentence? Lionel is in the seventh grade.

(a)  

3.

What is the verb in this sentence? Cara built a model airplane.

(a)  

4.

What is the verb in this sentence? The grocer helped the customers.

(a)  

5.

What is the verb in this sentence? Only the hardiest plants survived the frost.

(a)  

6.

What is the verb in this sentence? The audience clapped.

(a)  

7.

What is the verb in this sentence? His eyeglasses shattered on the pavement.

(a)  

8.

What is the verb in this sentence? Leta sang a song.

(a)  

9.

What is the verb in this sentence? In San Francisco we visited an aircraft carrier.

(a)  

10.

What is the verb in this sentence? Yoshi saw the notice on the bulletin board.

(a)  

11.

What is the verb in this sentence? First, melt the butter in the skillet.

(a)  

12.

What is the verb in this sentence? The Statue of Liberty stands in New York Harbor.

(a)  

13.

What is the verb in this sentence? The people of France gave the statue to the United States.

(a)  

14.

What is the verb in this sentence? The French people raised most of the money themselves.

(a)  

15.

What is the verb in this sentence? Frederic Auguste Bartholdi designed the statue.

(a)  

16.

What is the verb in this sentence? At first, she appeared shy and nervous.

(a)  

17.

What is the verb in this sentence? Like many immigrants, she often felt homesick.

(a)  

18.

What is the verb in this sentence? The English language now seems easier for her.

(a)  

19.

What is the verb in this sentence? The sheepskin ball was filled with sawdust.

(a)  

20.

What is the verb in this sentence? The huge tiger growled fiercely and angrily.

(a)  

21.

What is the verb in this sentence? Later, the traffic in the city seemed unusually heavy.

(a)  

22.

What is the verb in this sentence? Our old clock works amazingly well.

(a)  

23.

What is the verb in this sentence? Dinosaurs had skeletons like those of birds.

(a)  

24.

What is the verb in this sentence? Some plant-eaters were the size of chickens.

(a)  

25.

What is the verb in this sentence? Not all dinosaurs looked fierce.

(a)  

26.

What is the verb in this sentence? Circus strong men can bend steel with their bare hands.

(a)  

27.

What is the verb in this sentence? The blacksmith heats metal in the forge.

(a)  

28.

What is the verb in this sentence? Wenona carried her books to school.

(a)  

29.

What is the verb in this sentence? Annie and Lily gave Roscoe their calculator.

(a)  

30.

What is the verb in this sentence? Derrick showed his rock collection to the class on Thursday.

(a)  

31.

What is the subject in this sentence? Dorothea Dix became a schoolteacher at the age of fourteen.

(a)  

32.

What is the subject in this sentence? This amazing woman also wrote children’s books.

(a)  

33.

What is the subject in this sentence? In 1841, she visited a jail in Massachusetts.

(a)  

34.

What is the subject in this sentence? The jail housed not only criminals but also people with mental disorders.

(a)  

35.

What is the subject in this sentence? The Massachusetts schoolteacher was horrified.

(a)  

36.

What is the subject in this sentence? Because of Dorothea's work, states built proper hospitals for people with mental health problems.

(a)  

37.

What is the subject in this sentence? Many scientists are now studying rain forest plants.

(a)  

38.

What is the subject in this sentence? In her report, Jenna explained the effect of the rain forest on the weather.

(a)  

39.

What is the subject in this sentence? Roaming the rain forests of New Guinea are huge, ferocious birds called cassowaries.

(a)  

40.

What is the subject in this sentence? Standing almost as tall as a man, cassowaries have wings but can't fly.

(a)  

41.

What is the subject in this sentence? The people lived in southern Africa many years ago.

(a)  

42.

What is the subject in this sentence? Every year, fascinated tourists come to this home of one of the great cultures of the ancient world.

(a)  

43.

The subject of a sentence is the person, place, thing, or idea that...

a)

is doing or being something

b)

the action that the subject is carrying out

c)

is the object of the sentence

d)

the first word in the sentence

44.

What is/are the subject(s) in the following sentence: His eyes are always formed into a quizzical arch.

a)

His

b)

eyes

c)

quizzical

d)

arch

45.

What is/are the subject(s) in the following sentence: Braden and Mikala were both born in April.

a)

Braden

b)

Mikala

c)

Braden and Mikala

d)

April

46.

What is/are the subject(s) in the following sentence: Harley’s new kitten is super cute!

a)

Harley

b)

new

c)

kitten

d)

cute

47.

Identify the subject(s) in the sentence: At the finish line Jesse gave a high-five to his track coach.

a)

line

b)

Jesse

c)

high-five

d)

track

48.

Identify the subject(s) in the sentence: At the beginning of the school day, students gather and visit in the gym.

a)

school

b)

day

c)

students

d)

gym

49.

Identify the subject(s) in the sentence: The boy ran after the small puppy and finally caught it by the tail.

a)

boy

b)

small

c)

puppy

d)

tail

50.

Identify the subject(s) in the sentence: Meg baked a stunning cake for her sister's tenth birthday.

a)

Meg

b)

cake

c)

sister's

d)

birthday

51.
Read the following sentence and identify the correct subject/verb combination.
The earthquake survivors camped on blankets in the rubble.
a)
earthquake/ camped
b)
survivors/ camped
c)
blankets/ camped
d)
survivors/ rubble
52.
Read the following sentence and identify the correct subject/verb combination.
In Beijing, bicyclists weave through the busy streets.
a)
Beijing/ weave
b)
bicyclists/ through
c)
Beijing/ busy
d)
bicyclists/ weave
53.
Read the following sentence and identify the correct subject/verb combination.
In the center of the table was a huge bowl of fruit.
a)
center/ was 
b)
bowl/ was
c)
table/ huge
d)
fruit/ was
54.
Read the following sentence and identify the correct subject/verb combination.
The book "Come a Stranger" was written by the award-winning author Cynthia Voigt.
a)
book/ written
b)
"Come a Stranger"/ written
c)
book/ was written
d)
author/ was written
55.

Identify the subject:


Everyday, I am more and more tired.

a)

Everday

b)

I

c)

Am

d)

Tired

56.

Identify the subject:


Peter's bedroom is a mess.

(a)  

57.

Identify the subject:


In the United States, we elect a president every four years.

a)

Every four years

b)

A president

c)

Elect

d)

We

58.

Identify the subject: Annie cooks in her cozy kitchen.

a)

kitchen

b)

Annie

c)

cooks

d)

in

59.

Identify the subject/subjects: Linda and Joseph shoveled snow all afternoon. (Choose all correct answers.)

a)

Linda

b)

Joseph

c)

shoveled

d)

snow

60.

Identify the subject/subjects: The adorable kittens frolicked in the grass.

a)

adorable

b)

kittens

c)

frolicked

d)

grass