Understanding Predicates (Grade 5 ELA)
This worksheet helps fifth-grade students identify and understand predicates in sentences.
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Read each question carefully and follow the instructions. This worksheet will help you practice identifying and understanding predicates in sentences.
Every complete sentence has two main parts: a subject and a predicate. The subject tells who or what the sentence is about. The predicate tells what the subject does or what is said about the subject. It always includes a verb.
Example: The dog barked loudly.
Subject: The dog (who or what the sentence is about)
Predicate: barked loudly (what the dog did)
Underline the complete predicate in each sentence.
1. My sister a beautiful song.
2. The birds in the tall trees.
3. We to the museum yesterday afternoon.
4. The hungry cat its dinner quickly.
5. Sarah a new book every week.
Choose the best option that identifies the complete predicate in the sentence.
1. The bright sun shines in the sky.
The bright sun
shines in the sky
in the sky
The bright
2. My best friend painted a beautiful picture.
My best friend
painted a beautiful picture
a beautiful picture
painted
Complete each sentence by adding a predicate.
1. The tiny mouse .
2. My grandmother .
3. The old car .
Read each statement. Mark T for True or F for False.
1. The predicate always contains a verb.
True
False
2. The predicate tells who or what the sentence is about.
True
False
Write two complete sentences of your own. Underline the subject once and the predicate twice in each sentence.