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Simple Subjects and Simple Predicates Exercise 5

Directions: In the text boxes provided below each item, identify the sentence's simple subject and simple predicate. When you have finished the excercise, click the "Check My Work" button at the bottom of the pageto check your answers.

1. Has Mary seen the new movie about cats?
Subject
Predicate

2. That joke has been sent to millions of people over the Internet.
Subject
Predicate

3. There was a small bee in the jar.
Subject
Predicate

4. Near the sink lay a large bottle of soap.
Subject
Predicate

5. When will Hilda buy a new car?
Subject
Predicate

6. Suddenly, the large flame from the candle lit the curtains in the bedroom.
Subject
Predicate

7. By now, Bill has read Gulliver's Travels three times.
Subject
Predicate

8. Why isn't anybody volunteering for the job?
Subject
Predicate

9. Each student in this class should write an essay about the court's decision.
Subject
Predicate

10. After such a cold winter, the townspeople in Newton are expecting a warm spring.
Subject
Predicate

           

 

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