Subject & Predicate
What is the subject of the following sentence:
I am playing Jeopardy.
I
What is the word sum for "union"?
une/+ion
Claire's best friend shared a freshly baked cookie.
Bonus for 200: Identify the subject and predicate.
simple
friend, shared
What is the prepositional phrase in the following sentence:
The ball rolled down the street.
down the street
What is the predicate of the following sentence:
The ball rolled down the street.
rolled
What is the word sum for "unify"?
une/+i+fy
The huge gorilla stole a banana and the skinny monkey took it back.
Bonus for 200: Identify the subjects and predicates.
compound sentence
gorilla/stole
monkey/took
What are the prepositions in the following sentence:
Hiding under the rug, the mouse shivered nervously in the corner.
under, in
What is the expanded subject in the following sentence:
The red and white flag flapped in the wind.
The red and white flag
What is the word sum for "vacation"?
vace/+ate/+ion
Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. (Lorax)
Bonus for 200: identify the subjects and predicates
complex
someone/cares
nothing/is going
What is the adverb in the following sentence:
The anxious bank robber laughed nervously when the policeman on the street stopped to ask him a question.
nervously
Name three nouns in the following sentence:
Henry gave the dog a bone.
Bonus for 200 points: Which noun is the subject?
Henry, dog, bone
Henry
What is the word sum for "evacuate"?
e+vace/+u+ate
As they ran, tall trees closed in around them and arched gracefully toward the sky.
Bonus for 200: identify the subject and predicate.
complex
they/ran
trees/closed in and arched
Which is the indefinite article in the following sentence:
The monkey threw an orange at the visitor.
an
What is the predicate of the following sentence:
The ice cream melted and dripped down my arm.
melted and dripped
What is the word sum for "vacuum"?
vace/+u+um
He was dressed in polar bear’s fur and on his head he wore a red hood with a long gold tassel hanging down from its point.
Bonus for 200: identify the subjects and predicates
compound
he/was
he/wore
In the following sentence, what is the direct object and what is the indirect object:
Susan gave George a book.
DO = book
IO = George