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Identifying Subjects and 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 exercise, click the "Check My Work" button at the bottom of the page to check your answers.

1.  At ten minutes after midnight, the cat jumped from the porch railing.

   

   

2.  Have you tasted the new coffee from Brazil?

   

   

3.  There was no bread in the freezer yesterday.

   

   

4.  The senator from Wisconsin was considering the bill on immigration.

   

   

5.  Where did the young man put my coat?

   

   

6.  The documentary on the ravages of the hurricane showed a number of tragic events.

   

   

7.  At the top of the stairs stood a very tiny man with some tickets in his hand.

   

   

8.  What did Mark say to you about the lecture?

   

   

9.  The exterior mirror on my car was broken by a vandal.

   

   

10.After that scary experience with the hitchhiker, Harry must be feeling very lucky.