Subject and Predicate

Identify the simple subject in the following sentence: 'The cat is sleeping on the mat.'

• sleeping

• cat

• mat

• is

Identify the simple predicate in the following sentence: 'Sheila danced gracefully on the stage.'

• Sheila

• danced

• gracefully

• on the stage.

Identify the compound subject in the following sentence: 'John and Mary went to the park.'

• John and Mary

• went to the park

• Mary

• John

Identify the compound predicate in the following sentence: 'The dog barked and wagged its tail.'

Identify the simple subject in the following sentence: 'The bookshelf is filled with books.'

• bookshelf

• books

• filled

• is

Identify the simple predicate in the following sentence: 'The birds chirped loudly in the morning.'

• The

• birds

• chirped

• loudly

Identify the compound subject in the following sentence: 'The cat and the dog are best friends.'

• the cat and the dog

• best friends

• the dog

• the cat

Identify the compound predicate in the following sentence: 'She laughed and cried at the same time.'

• laughed

• laughed and cried

• cried

• and

Identify the simple subject in the following sentence: 'The car crashed into a tree.'

• tree

• crashed

• into

• car

Identify the simple predicate in the following sentence: 'He ran quickly to catch the bus.'

• ran

• the bus

• to catch

• quickly