Finding the Subject and Predicate
Made for Max, robot and puppy
Twelve sentences, each one about something Max likes, and one job: say which part is the subject and which is the predicate. The puppy chases a ball. The dinosaur stomps through the mud. The code runs quickly. Fill in the blank, choose the part, or decide whether a statement about the sentence is true.
Skills on this worksheet
- Find the subject: who or what a sentence is about
- Find the predicate: what the subject does
- Recognize that a complete sentence needs both
- Spot a wrong label, such as calling "cleans the floor" the subject
Question types: Fill in the blank, choose the part, and true or false.
Three of the questions
- Fill in the blank: In the sentence "The dinosaur stomps through the mud," the predicate is ____.
- In the sentence "The red planet shines at night," which part is the subject?
- True or False: In the sentence "The robot cleans the floor," the subject is "cleans the floor."
The answer key gives the answer to every question and, for the worked example at the top, the reasoning behind it.
How it was personalized
Every sentence was written for Max: robots, a puppy, a dinosaur, a red planet, a tiny computer model, code that runs quickly. The grammar is the same subject-and-predicate work every second and third grader does. The sentences are his.
A real lesson, a real student
Every Primer lesson has an Unplugged step, and any lesson can turn into a printable worksheet with one tap. This one came out of Max's lesson on the same topic, so the questions check exactly what the lesson taught, in the words the lesson used. Names, interests, and the illustration come from Max's profile.
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