20 questions
Understanding Subject and Predicate is the key to good sentence writing. The subject of a complete sentence is who or what the sentence is about, and the predicate tells about that subject. Select the true statements:
The subject is the action.
The subject is who is receiving the action.
The predicate includes the verb in the sentence.
The predicate includes the subject.
To determine the subject of a sentence, first find the verb and then ask “who?” or “what?” does the action. In the sentence, "The dog ran after the cat," the verb is “ran.” If we ask, “who ran?” the answer is, “the dog ran.” This is how we know that “dog” is the subject of the sentence. Select the TRUE statement.
The subject is about "who?" or "what?" did the action.
The verb is the action.
The verb is always in the predicate part of the sentence.
All of the above statements are true.
What is the subject in the following sentence:
Yesterday after lunch, the students were complaining about the short recess.
Yesterday after lunch
the students
the students were complaining
were complaining about the short recess
the short recess
What is the predicate in the following sentence:
Yesterday after lunch, the students were complaining about the short recess.
Yesterday after lunch
the students
the students were complaining
were complaining
were complaining about the short recess
A SIMPLE predicate is JUST the verb. A COMPLETE predicate is the verb AND all the rest of the sentence that follows. What is FALSE?
A simple predicate is JUST the verb.
A complete predicate is the verb AND the rest of the sentence.
The subject includes the verb.
The subject is who or what the sentence is about.