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Simple Subjects and Simple Predicates Exercise 2

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. The results of the test are inconclusive.
Subject
Predicate

2. There have been many incidents of vandalism in the past.
Subject
Predicate

3. Why did he take the new car back to the dealer?
Subject
Predicate

4. My name was written on the document in three places.
Subject
Predicate

5. By the saucer of milk sat a very scrawny cat.
Subject
Predicate

6. She will be going to the dentist's office later this afternoon.
Subject
Predicate

7. Remarkably, the patient with the shattered skull survived the surgery.
Subject
Predicate

8. All citizens in the United States must complete a tax return each year.
Subject
Predicate

9. With prices so low, I should have bought a few more toothbrushes.
Subject
Predicate

10. Will Joe be taking his golf clubs on this trip?
Subject
Predicate

           

 

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