Subject and Predicate

What is the subject of a sentence?

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

What is the predicate of a sentence

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

What is the predicate of this sentence?
The cat ran away

• the cat
• ran away

What part is the subject of this sentence?
The cat ran away.

• The cat
• ran away

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

Identify the simple subjects and simple predicates in the following sentence:
Reptiles eat and digest big meals.

• Reptiles; meals
• Reptiles; eat
• Reptiles; eat and digest
• eat; digest

Identify the simple subjects and simple predicates in the following sentence:
Many reptiles fool their enemies.

• reptiles; fool
• Many; fool
• fool; enemies
• reptiles; enemies

Identify the simple subjects and simple predicates in the following sentence:
Some snakes give off a terrible smell.

• snakes; give
• snakes; terrible
• smell; give off
• Some; give

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

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