Exercise A: Subjects and Verbs

Part I.

Directions: Identify the subjects of the following sentences by clicking on the appropriate letter.


1	The tall woman stepped gingerly across the puddle.
		tall
		woman
		gingerly
		puddle


2	The dentist sat next to the patient in what looked like a barber’s chair.
		patient
		sat
		chair
		dentist


3	He said she looked like she had been up all night.
		she
		looked
		he
		night


4	Puppies will chew anything: old shoes, dirty socks, glossy magazines.
		puppies
		will chew
		shoes
		socks


5	The doctor was wearing sneakers and pale green surgical scrubs.
		sneakers
		doctor
		pale green
		surgical scrubs


6	During my sister’s graduation, we all sat outside in the miserable heat.
		sister
		graduation
		we
		heat


7	On my birthday, my boss and co-workers made a point of being nice.
		birthday
		my
		boss, co-workers
		nice


8	The laces on these shoes never stay tied.
		laces
		shoes
		never
		tied


9	The temptation is to treat puppies as though they know when they are bad.
		puppies
		bad
		temptation
		they


10	During the civil war, women disguised themselves as men and went to battle.
		civil
		war
		women
		battle

Part II.

Directions: Identify the verbs in the following sentences by clicking on the appropriate letter.


1	The phone works better if you jiggle the cord.
		phone
		works
		jiggle
		better


2	Dave, Jenny and Linda took the car and headed to the beach.
		took
		car
		headed
		a and c


3	Stretching before exercising reduces the chance of injury.
		stretching
		before
		exercising
		reduces


4	He said the doorbell will be working by tomorrow.
		said
		will be
		working
		will be working


5	The cap on that bottle can be twisted off.
		cap
		can
		can be twisted
		off


6	Our teacher decided to assign extra homework this weekend.
		teacher
		to assign
		extra
		decided


7	At night, my cat likes to sleep under my bed.
		cat
		likes
		to sleep
		likes to sleep


8	The dog has always slept near the window.
		dog
		has always
		has
		has slept


9	The postman suddenly stopped and looked behind him.
		suddenly
		stopped
		looked
		b and c


10	Hoping to find a good restaurant, we walked in circles for hours.
		hoping
		to find
		a and b
		walked