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.