Simple Subjects and Predicates
The subject of a sentence tolle whom or what the sentence is about. The
predicata tells what the subject does or is
in every sentence there are key words that form the basic framework of
the sentence. The key word in the subject of a sentence is called the simple
subject it is the subject of the verb. The key word in the predicate is called
the simple predicate. The simple predicate is the verb.
The girl with the long hair fell down.
(Girl tells who fell down. It is the simple subject. Fell tells what the
subject did. It is the simple predicate, or verb.)
Finding the Verbs and Their Simple Subjects in each sentence,
underline the simple subject once and the verb twice.
Example The dog barked loudly.
1. The train from Seattle pulled into the station at three o'clock.
2. Leslie knitted a blue and white sweater for her dad.
8. Colorful seashells littered the deserted beach.
4. Almost all beekeepers wear protective masks,
8. Rain fell steadily all day long.
6. Thres jugglers in the main ring tossed hoops into the air.
7. That roan horse gallope with a limp
8. Tom Sawyer found a secret hideout.
9. Stars twinkled brightly in the ebony sky,
10. The pilot landed the plans skillfully in the midst of the storm.
11. The horse in that field leaped easily over the fence.
12. The valuable kite hangs in the top of the tree.
13. Three beautiful mysterious packages lay on the table,
14. Bix climbers from Nevada reached the mountaintop.
15. Sarah's uncle explained his collection of seashells to us.
16. Down stared at the empty gas gauge.
17. Lional's mother works at an investment firm.
18. The volcanic island of Krakatau exploded in 1883.
19. The Midway Islands consist of a coral atoll and two islets.
20. Jiang quarreled with my interpretation of the movie's ending.