Simple Subject
Simple Predicate
Compound Subject
Compound Predicate
Vocabulary
100
Tim crashed his bike.
What is Tim?
100
The students ran the mile outside.
What is ran?
100
My notebook and worksheet are in my locker.
What is notebook and worksheet?
100
Molly practiced and reviewed her speech for tomorrow.
What is practiced and reviewed?
100

A single noun or pronoun that the entire sentence is about.

What is simple subject?

200
Yesterday, Grandma Susie came to visit.
What is Grandma Susie?
200
My homework always disappears at school.
What is disappears?
200

Jack and Jill went up the hill to fetch a pail of water.

What is Jack and Jill?

200
The babies are screaming and crying in the nursery.
What is are screaming and crying?
200

The single verb or verb phrase that tells what the subject does.

What is simple predicate?

300
The basketball player scored the winning basket.
What is player?
300
Jane was studying for her math test all night.
What is was studying?
300

My Uncle Jim and Aunt Carol invited us over for dinner.

What is Uncle Jim and Aunt Carol?

300
The cookies are baking in the oven and emitting a delicious smell.
What is are baking and emitting?
300

Two or more nouns or pronouns that the entire sentence is about.

What is compound subject?

400
The library books at school are now available to check out.
What is books?
400
The concert will be held in the auditorium.
What is will be held?
400

The boots by the door and the sandals in the living room need to be put away.

What is boots and sandals?

400

My parents were upset about my grades and grounded me for a week.

What is were and grounded?

400

Two or more verbs or verb phrases that tell what the subject does.

What is compound predicate?

500
Underneath my bed a pile of dirty, old gym socks was stinking up my room.
What is pile?
500

Emma and Ben are excited for their trip to Georgia this summer.

What is are?

500

Either a volleyball player in the gym or someone on the boys' basketball team left his shoes in the locker room.

What is player or someone?

500

Janie is the winner of the scholarship and will receive a full ride to Illinois State University.

What is- is and will receive?

500

A word that is used to connect other words or phrases together to create a compound subject or compound predicate.

What is conjunction?

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