Understanding Subjects and Predicates

Directions:

Draw a line between the subject and the predicate in each sentence below.

Example:

Bill / carried his tools in a five-gallon plastic bucket.

1.      Lidia often buys snacks at the university store.

2.      All of Glencoe’s buses are equipped with safety belts.

3.      Paulette wore the same brand of blue jeans for twenty years.

4.      A team of divers retrieved the body of a drowned man from a pool of water about ninety feet below the falls.

5.      Most people choose a television set for the quality of its picture.

6.      Corn sweeteners are cheaper than table sugar.

7.      The city of New York spent 100 million dollars to renovate the Times Square subway station.

8.      Part of the appeal of doing jigsaw puzzles is creating order out of disorder.

9.      Several inches of water flooded the basement of the library during the night.

10.  Sometimes an exploding battery sprays acid onto skin and clothing.

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