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Simple Subjects and Simple Predicates Exercise 4

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

2. Have you tasted the new coffee from Brazil?
Subject
Predicate

3. There was no bread in the freezer yesterday.
Subject
Predicate

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

5. Where did the young man put my coat?
Subject
Predicate

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

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

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

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

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

           

 

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