Subject and Predicate

What is the subject of a sentence?

• the verb
• the action in the sentence
• tells who or what the sentence is about

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.1.1C

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1F

CCSS.L.3.1I

What is the predicate of this sentence?
Friday is the best day of the week.

• Friday
• is the best day of the week

What is the subject of this sentence?
The turtle is swimming in the ocean.

• The turtle
• is swimming in the ocean

What is the predicate of this sentence?
Mrs. Benbow loves her students

• Mrs. Harris
• loves
• her students
• loves her students

Choose if the following sentence is a complete sentence or a fragment:
We bought tickets for the concert.

• sentence
• fragment

What is the predicate of a sentence?

• Who the sentence is about
• tells what the subject is or does

What is the simple predicate in the sentence below?
Last night, we went to the basketball game.

• night
• we
• went
• to

What is the complete predicate of the sentence below?
Spongebob works at the Krusty Krab.

• works at
• works at the Krusty Krab
• Spongebob
• at the Krusty Krab

What is the complete predicate in the sentence below?
Dr. McFarland is the superintendent of Derry Township.

• Dr. McFarland
• is
• is the superintendent of Derry Township.
• superintendent of Derry Township.

Identify the simple subject of the sentence below:
Mrs. Mackay's class went to see a movie.

• Mrs. Mackay
• class
• movie
• went