Subject and Predicate Mastery Check

What is the complete predicate in the sentence below?

Several grey whales came to the water's surface for air.

• came to the water's surface for air

• several grey whales

• came

• whales

An easy way to find the Simple predicate in a sentence is to identify the _______________ or the action the subject is doing in the sentence.

• missing nouns

• topic of the sentence

• answer

• verb

Identify the simple predicate in the sentence below. My teacher encourages the class to read each day.

• encourages the class

• encourages the class to read

• encourages the class to read each day

• encourages

What is the correct simple predicate of the sentence?

• Mr. Ost and his wife

• ran

• ran for ten miles

• after school

Identify the complete predicate in the sentence: "The committee members argued over the new policy for hours."

• The committee members

• argued

• over the new policy

• argued over the new policy for hours

Identify the predicate in the following sentence: "The flowers in the garden are blooming."

• The flowers

• in the garden

• are blooming

The three dogs played together in the park.

• simple subject

• complete subject

• simple predicate

• complete predicate

Identify the complete subject in the sentence: "Whispering softly, the children hid behind the tree."

• Whispering softly

• the children

• the tree

• the children hid behind the tree

Identify the complete subject in the sentence: "Running through the park, the dog chased the squirrel."

• Running

• the dog

• the park

• the dog chased the squirrel

The three dogs played together in the park.

• simple subject

• complete subject

• simple predicate

• complete predicate