Subjects
Predicates
Subjects & Predicates
Subjects & Predicates 2
Grammar Detective
100

What is the simple subject?

The dog chased the squirrel.

Subject: dog

100

What is the simple predicate? 

The dog barked.

Predicate: barked

100

What is the simple subject? What is the simple predicate?

The rabbit jumped over the fence.

Subject: rabbit

Predicate: jumped over the fence

100

What is the simple subject? What is the simple predicate?

The birds built a nest.

Subject: birds

Predicate: built a nest.

100

My three best friends are coming over after school. 

What are the 2 nouns?

friends and school

200

What is the subject?

I went to the movies with my dad, mom, and sister.

Subject: I

200

What is the simple predicate?

My friends from school invited me to their house.

Predicate: invited

200

What is the simple subject? What is the simple predicate?

I borrowed a book from the library.

Subject: I

Predicate: borrowed

200

What is the simple subject? What is the simple predicate?

The puppy chased the ball.

Subject: puppy

Predicate: chased

200

The dog quickly chased the ball.

What part of speech is quickly?

noun, verb, adjective, or adverb

Adverb

300

What is the complete subject?

The girl with the red backpack carried the books.

Subject: the girl with the red backpack

300

What is the complete predicate?

The boy with the muddy shoes tracked dirt across the floor.

Predicate: tracked dirt across the floor

300

What is the complete subject? What is the complete predicate?

The players on our team celebrated the victory after the game.

Subject: the players on our team

Predicate: celebrated the victory after the game

300

What is the complete subject? What is the complete predicate?

My cousins from Colombia are visiting us this summer.

Subject: My cousins from Colombia

Predicate: are visiting us this summer

300

The nervous student carefully answered the difficult question.

Identify the 2 adjectives and 1 adverb.

Adjectives: nervous, difficult 

Adverb: carefully

400

What is the complete subject?

The excited students quickly finished their difficult assignment.

Subject: the excited students

400

What is the complete predicate?

The curious students carefully examined the unusual painting.

Predicate: carefully examined the unusual painting.

400

What is the complete subject? What is the complete predicate?

The girl who won the science competition received a trophy from the principal.

Subject: The girl who won the science competition

Predicate: received a trophy from the principal.

400

Beneath the old wooden bridge lived a family of ducks.

Why isn't "Beneath the wooden bridge" the subject?

The sentence is about the family of ducks. "Beneath the old wooden bridge" is just where they were.

400

The giant green parrot in the cage squawked loudly.

Identify the all noun(s), verb(s), adjectives, and adverb(s).

Nouns: parrot, cage

Verb: squawked 

Adjective: giant, green

Adverb: loudly

500

What is the complete subject?

During the storm, the frightened dog nervously hid beneath the kitchen table.

Subject: the frightened dog

500

What is the complete predicate?

At the end of the long hallway stood three enormous statues of ancient warriors.


Predicate: stood (at the end of the long hallway)

500

What is the simple subject? What is the simple predicate?

After the long game, the exhausted soccer players collapsed onto the field.

Subject: players

Predicate: collapsed

500

Create a sentence with a subject, predicate, and at least 2 adjectives.

Answers will vary

500

The players on the winning team enthusiastically celebrated their victory.

Identify the all noun(s), verb(s), adjectives, and adverb(s). Hint: There may be one with multiple and one with none!

Nouns: players, team, victory 

Verb: celebrated 

Adjective: winning

Adverb: enthusiastically


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