Subject and Predicate worksheet with exercises for identifying subjects and predicates in sentences.

Let's solve this worksheet step by step. The task has two parts:

1. Write the complete subject of each sentence on the line.
2. Underline the predicate in each sentence.

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🔹 Part 1: Write the complete subject of each sentence.

The complete subject includes the main noun (or pronoun) and all the words that describe or modify it.

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#### 1. That orange blouse is nice.
- Complete subject: *That orange blouse*
→ "That" is a demonstrative adjective, "orange" is an adjective, and "blouse" is the noun. All together make up the subject.

✔ Answer: That orange blouse

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#### 2. The box I dropped burst open.
- This is a complex sentence. The subject is "The box I dropped".
- "I dropped" is a relative clause modifying "box", so it's part of the subject.
- So the full subject is: *The box I dropped*

✔ Answer: The box I dropped

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#### 3. This work is so satisfying.
- "This work" is the subject.
- "This" is a determiner, "work" is the noun.

✔ Answer: This work

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#### 4. Our date for Saturday should be fun.
- "Our date for Saturday" is the subject.
- "Our" is a possessive adjective, "date" is the noun, "for Saturday" is a prepositional phrase modifying "date".

✔ Answer: Our date for Saturday

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#### 5. The woman in the car was her mother.
- "The woman in the car" is the subject.
- "in the car" is a prepositional phrase describing "woman".

✔ Answer: The woman in the car

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🔹 Part 2: Underline the predicate in each sentence.

The predicate tells what the subject does or is. It includes the verb and everything that follows it.

We’ll underline the predicate in each sentence.

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#### 6. The light over the stove has burnt out again.
- Subject: *The light over the stove*
- Predicate: *has burnt out again*
→ "has burnt out" is the verb phrase, "again" is an adverb.

✔ Underline: *has burnt out again*

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#### 7. Later, I will finish my work.
- Subject: *I*
- Predicate: *will finish my work*
→ "will finish" is the verb phrase, "my work" is the direct object.

✔ Underline: *will finish my work*

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#### 8. I am planning to have a quiet evening.
- Subject: *I*
- Predicate: *am planning to have a quiet evening*
→ "am planning" is the verb phrase, "to have a quiet evening" is the infinitive phrase acting as the object of "planning".

✔ Underline: *am planning to have a quiet evening*

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#### 9. The rain that fell was good for the garden.
- Subject: *The rain that fell*
- Predicate: *was good for the garden*
→ "was" is the linking verb, "good for the garden" is the subject complement.

✔ Underline: *was good for the garden*

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#### 10. I should probably cut the grass.
- Subject: *I*
- Predicate: *should probably cut the grass*
→ "should" is the modal verb, "probably" is an adverb, "cut the grass" is the verb phrase.

✔ Underline: *should probably cut the grass*

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✔ Final Answers:

Part 1: Complete Subject

1. That orange blouse
2. The box I dropped
3. This work
4. Our date for Saturday
5. The woman in the car

Part 2: Underline the Predicate

6. The light over the stove has burnt out again
7. Later, I will finish my work
8. I am planning to have a quiet evening
9. The rain that fell was good for the garden
10. I should probably cut the grass

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