Subjects and Predicates

What is the simple subject in this sentence: "Ethan drove Rachel crazy again in ELA class."

• Ethan, Rachel

• Ethan

• drove Rachel crazy

• ELA class

What is the complete subject in the sentence: "Wearing her bright green apron, Ms. Delaney started to prepare the finger sandwiches for 8th grade tea time."

• apron, Ms. Delaney

• finger sandwiches for 8th grade tea time

• Wearing her bright green apron, Ms. Delaney

• Ms. Delaney started to prepare

What is the simple subject(s) in the sentence: "Caitlyn and Morgan took their time in completing the Romeo and Juliet timelines."

• Romeo and Juliet

• Caitlyn, Morgan

• timelines

• Caitlyn and Morgan

What ARE the complete subjects in the sentence: "The brilliantly striped Bengal tiger paced back and forth, and Dorian shrieked in fright."

• tiger, Dorian in fright

• paced back and forth, shrieked in fright

• Bengal tiger, Dorian

• The brilliantly striped Bengal tiger; Dorian

What is the role of the "subject"?

• subject tells us "who" or "what" is doing the action in the sentence

• subject tells us "who" or "what" is receiving the action in the sentence

• subject tells us "where" or "how" an action is being completed

• subject tells us only "what person" is doing the action in the sentence

What is the role of the "predicate"?

• the predicate starts a new phrase or clause in the sentence

• the predicate tells us the "when" and "why" part of the sentence

• the predicate tells us the "action" part of the sentence

• the predicate tells us where to put punctuation in the sentence

What is the simple predicate in the sentence: "Jaidyn and Karla wanted to write a nice poem for Ms. Delaney."

• wanted

• wanted to write

• a nice poem

• for Ms. Delaney

What is the complete predicate in the sentence: "Having just found out the news, Reagan, T.J., and Alexandria ran down the hallway to tell Mrs. Livingston."

• Having just found out the news, ran down

• Having just found out the news

• ran down the hallway to tell Mrs. Livingston

• to tell Mrs. Livingston

What is the simple predicate in the sentence: "Find your textbook, please."

• find, please

• find

• find your textbook

• there is no predicate

What ARE the complete predicates in the sentence: "Following the long weekend, Rachel bragged about all of her accomplishments while McKenna sang a rendition of 'Don't Stop Believin.'"

• bragged about all of her accomplishments; while sang

• Rachel bragged about all of her accomplishments; McKenna sang a rendition of 'Don't Stop Believin'

• bragged about all of her accomplishments; sang a rendition of 'Don't Stop Believin'

• bragged about; sang a rendition

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5B

CCSS.W.6.4