Complete and Simple Subjects and Predicates
Hard-To-Find Subjects
Compound Subjects and Predicates
Direct Objects
Subject Complements
100

Tell where to draw the line between the subject and predicate in the following sentence: Good health results from good habits.

What is between health and results?

100
Identify the subject in the following sentence: Was your grandfather in the army or the navy?
What is grandfather?
100
Rewrite each pair of sentences to include either a compound subject or compound predicate: Water can damage a cell phone. So does extreme heat.
What is Water and extreme heat can damage a cell phone?
100
Find the direct object in the following sentence: Scientists classify animals in many way.
What is animals?
100
Find the subject complement(s) in the following sentence: Most basketball players look unbelievably tall and strong.
What is tall and strong?
200

Tell where to draw the line in the following sentence: Her first successful paintings portrayed colorful flowers.

What is between paintings and portrayed?

200
Identify the subject in the following sentence: Here is an exhibit of family life during the war.
What is exhibit?
200
Rewrite the pair of sentences to include either a compound subject or compound predicate: With a cell phone, some people make calls. They watch TV.
What is With a cell phone, some people make calls or watch TV?
200
Find the direct object in the following sentence: Wildlife protection groups need money.
What is money?
200
Find the subject complement in the following sentence: Few young players become superstars like Michael Jordan.
What is superstars?
300

Identify the simple subject and verb in the following sentence: Daily meals should include generous servings of vegetables.

What is meals (simple subject) and should include (verb)? 

300
Identify the subject in the following sentence: Watch the short documentary in this exhibit.
What is you understood?
300

Rewrite the pair of sentences to include either a compound subject or compound predicate: Cell phones work inside and outside your home. So do many wireless computers.

What is Cell phones and many wireless computers work inside and outside your home?

300
Find the direct object in the following sentence: In some areas, pollution seriously endangers animals.
What is animals?
300

Which of the following sentences contains a predicate nominative (noun):

  1. You made my day today!
  2. You are my rock.
  3. The students are completely crazy.

What is You are my rock?

400

Identify the simple subject and simple predicate in the following sentence: A regular exercise routine promotes good health.

What is routine (simple subject) and promotes (simple predicate)?

400
Explain how to find the subject of an interrogative sentence.
What is rewrite the question into a statement?
400
Rewrite the pair of sentence to include either a compound subject or compound predicate: Smaller computers are developed every year. Fancier phones are developed every year, too.
What is Smaller computers and fancier phones are developed every year?
400
Give the definition of a direct object.
What is the noun that receives the action of the verb.
400

Identify the subject complement and state if it is a predicate noun or predicate adjective: My older sister is a very talented artist.

What is artist and predicate noun? 

500
Identify the simple subject and simple predicate in the following sentence: Georgia O'Keeffe was born on a farm in 1887.
What is Georgia O'Keeffe (simple subject) and was (simple predicate)?
500
Explain where the subject can be found in a sentence that begins with "here" or "there".
What is after the verb?
500
Rewrite the pair of sentences to include either a compound subject or compound predicate: Cell phone codes identify the phone's owner. They tell the service company's name.
What is Cell phone codes identify the phone's owner and tells the service company's name?
500
Explain how to find the direct object in the sentence.
What is to ask who or what after the action verb?
500
Explain why linking verbs are important to the subject complement.
What is subject complements only follow linking verbs?
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