Deck 15: Subjects and Verbs

Question 1

Read the following sentence: Alyssa bought the latest Harry Potter book.
Which one of the following statements is true?

A) This sentence has no subject.
B) The word latest is the subject of the sentence.
C) The word Alyssa is the subject of the sentence.
D) The words Harry Potter are the subject of the sentence.

Answer 1

The word Alyssa is the subject of the sentence.

Question 2

Read the following sentence: The hose has a leak in it.
Which one of the following statements is true?

A) The words has a leak are the subject of the sentence.
B) The word it is the subject of the sentence.
C) The word hose is the subject of the sentence.
D) This sentence has no subject.

Answer 2

The word hose is the subject of the sentence.

Question 3

Read the following sentence: Hand me a towel, please.
Which one of the following statements is true?

A) The word me is the subject of the sentence.
B) This sentence has an unstated subject You.
C) The word towel is the subject of the sentence.
D) The word hand is the subject of the sentence.

Answer 3

This sentence has an unstated subject You.

Question 4

Read the following sentence: Both of us believe that the house is haunted.
Which one of the following statements is true?

A) The word believe is a verb.
B) The word Both is a verb.
C) The words of us are a verb phrase.
D) This sentence has no verb.

Question 5

Read the following sentence: Hashim found the same shirts on sale at a discount store.
Which one of the following statements is true?

A) The word found is a verb.
B) The word shirts is the subject of the sentence.
C) This sentence has no subject.
D) This sentence has no verb.

Question 6

Read the following sentence: The lions and the tigers look hungry.
Which one of the following statements is true?

A) The word lions is the subject of the sentence.
B) There word tigers is the subject of the sentence.
C) The words lions and tigers are a compound subject.
D) The words look hungry are a compound subject.

Question 7

Read the following sentence: He backed the car out of the garage and ran into the fence.
Which one of the following statements is true?

A) This sentence has no verb.
B) The words He and garage are a compound verb.
C) The word into is a verb.
D) The words backed and ran are a compound verb.

Question 8

Read the following sentence: We should have prepared better for the final.
Which one of the following statements is true?

A) The words should have prepared are the main verb of the sentence.
B) The word prepared is the main verb of the sentence.
C) The word should is the main verb of the sentence.
D) The words prepared better are the main verb of the sentence.

Question 9

Read the following sentence: I felt awful for my rudeness.
Which one of the following statements is true?

A) The words for my rudeness is the main verb of the sentence.
B) The word awful is the verb of the sentence.
C) The word felt is a linking verb.
D) The words awful and rudeness are a compound verb.

Question 10

Read the following sentence: The firefighter extinguished the flames and helped the injured.
Which one of the following statements is true?

A) The words firefighter and injured are a compound verb.
B) The words extinguished the flames are the main verb of the sentence.
C) The words helped the injured are the main verb of the sentence.
D) The words extinguished and helped are a compound verb.

Question 11

What does a subject do in a sentence?

Question 12

What does a verb do in a sentence?

Question 13

Underline the subject once and the verb twice in the following sentence.
Henry and Matt tasted the new dish.

Question 14

Underline the subject once and the verb twice in the following sentence.
We laughed and danced in the rain.

Question 15

Underline the subject once and the verb twice in the following sentence.
My friends are teasing me about my hair again.

Question 16

Underline the subjects once and the verbs twice in the following paragraph. Cross out the prepositional phrases first.

-people believe that their houses are haunted. One sign of a haunted house is a strange smell. One lady and her roommate always smelled cigar smoke. On occasion they even saw smoke. But nobody in the house smoked. Sometimes the doors and windows of a haunted house open and close on their own. According to one homeowner, the bathroom window was open every morning, but the homeowner shut and locked the window every night. Another common sign is the sound of footsteps. A young girl, home alone, thought that she heard footsteps in the upstairs bedroom. She became frightened and in a panic called the police and her parents. The police and her parents searched the house from front to back. However, they found the house empty. All of these houses could have been haunted. Or maybe these people just have very active imaginations.