Predicates

Finding Predicates: Read the sentences below. Determine which word is the predicate then check your answers by clicking the drop menus.

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1. Your eyes have features like those of a camera.
Answer Have

2. The iris is a kind of shutter.
Answer Is

3. An automatic light meter controls the shutter opening.
Answer Controls

4. The shutter opens wide in darkness.
Answer Opens

5. The opening gets very small in bright light.
Answer Gets

Simple vs. Complete: Read the sentences below and determine what part of the sentence is the complete predicate. Check your answers by clicking the drop menus.

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1. A wolf may eat as much as 20 pounds of food in one meal.
A wolf may eat as much as 20 pounds of food in one meal. may eat as much as 20 pounds of food in one meal.

2. Amost all bears can climb trees.
Almost all bears can climb trees. can climb trees.

3. Most residents of Calama, Chile, have never seen rain.
Most residents of Calama, Chile have never seen rain fall. have never seen rain fall.

4. Earth's magnetic field has been constantly weaking.
Earth's magnetic field has been constantly weakening. has been constantly weakening.

5. Has Joel written his editorial about music in the cafeteria during lunch break?
Has Joel written his editorial about music in the cafeteria. written his editor about music int he cafeteria.

Compound Predicates: Read the sentences below. Determine which two or more verbs are the compound subject then check your answer by clicking the drop menus.

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1. In the daytime bats hang upside down and sleep.
Answer Hang / Sleep

2. Bats then fly around and snare all kinds of insects.
Answer Fly / Snare

3. A bat reacts instantly to the signals and swerves away from the objects.
Answer Reacts / Swerves

4. These amazing creatures can chase insects on the darkest nights but will not strike a singe object.
Answer Can chase / Will strike

5. High-frequency waves strike the objects in the bat's path and echo back to the animal's ears.
Answer Strike / Echo

 

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