Complete Subjects and Predicates
Identify the complete subject:
The playful puppy chased the squirrel.
What is The playful puppy?
Identify the simple subject.
The tall giraffe reached the leaves.
What is giraffe?
Identify the compound subject.
Jack and Mia played soccer.
What is Jack and Mia?
Identify the direct object.
Sarah kicked the ball.
What is ball?
Identify the subject complement.
The soup smells delicious.
What is delicious?
Identify the complete predicate.
The students finished their homework before dinner.
What is finished their homework before dinner?
Identify the simple predicate.
The dog barked loudly.
What is barked?
Identify the compound verb.
The bird chirped and flew away.
What is chirped and flew?
Identify the direct object.
The chef cooked dinner.
What is dinner?
Identify the subject complement.
Mrs. Jones is our principal.
What is principal?
Name BOTH the complete subject and complete predicate:
My older brother plays basketball every Saturday.
Find BOTH SS and SP.
My favorite teacher gives exciting lessons.
What is teacher (SS) and gives (SP).
Does this sentence have a compound subject, compound verb, or both?
Emma and Steve laughed and waved.
What is both?
Which questions helps you find the direct object?
A. Who? Whom?
B. When? What?
C. What? or Whom?
D. Where? Why?
Answer:
What is C?
What is C?
What is the subject compliment? Is the subject complement a predicate adjective or predicate noun?
The sky became cloudy.
What is a predicate adjective?
Identify the complete predicate for the following sentences: The noisy birds sang loudly in the tree.
What is sang loudly in the tree?
Which word is the simple predicate?
The children were laughing during recess.
What is were laughing?
Which sentence contains a compound verb?
A. Mia and Ben ran.
B. The cat purred and slept.
C. My brother is tall.
D. The flowers bloomed.
What is B?
Identify the direct object.
The students completed the difficult assignment.
What is assignment?
What is the subject compiment? Is the complement a predicate adjective or predicate noun?
My uncle is a pilot.
What is a predicate noun?
Identify both CS and CP: The beautiful flowers in the garden bloom every spring.
What is The beautiful flowers in the garden (CS)
What is bloom every spring (CP)
Find the simple subject and simple predicate.
Several colorful balloons floated into the sky.
What is balloons (SS) and floated (SP)
Identify the compound subject and compound verb.
The principal and the teachers greeted and welcomed the students.
What is:
Find the direct object.
The scientist carefully examined the mysterious rock.
What is rock?
Identify the subject complement and name its type.
The puppies seemed exhausted after the hike.
What is: