Please help me.
Identify each simple subject and each simple predicate in the following sentences using S. S. for simple subject and S. P. for simple predicate.
A. My brother is going to college next year.
B. That was a funny puppet show.
C. My aunt is manager of the record department.
D. The president will soon be choosing a new cabinet.
E. A dictionary can help a writer with problems in spellings and usage.
F. Termites have been eating the beans in the basement.
G. The history class will not administer a test on Friday.
H. Suzan found several valuable coins in the old sugar bowl.
I. A big yellow bus rolled down the road.
J. Five police officers carefully lifted the box into the truck.
usually, the first noun in the sentence is the subject. After that, the rest is predicate.
What are your choices?
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To identify the simple subject and simple predicate in each of the given sentences, you can follow these steps:
1. Identify the subject: The subject of a sentence is the noun or pronoun that the sentence is about.
2. Identify the predicate: The predicate of a sentence is the verb or verb phrase that tells something about the subject.
Let's go through each sentence and identify the simple subject (S.S.) and simple predicate (S.P.):
A. My brother is going to college next year.
S.S.: brother
S.P.: is going
B. That was a funny puppet show.
S.S.: That
S.P.: was
C. My aunt is manager of the record department.
S.S.: aunt
S.P.: is manager
D. The president will soon be choosing a new cabinet.
S.S.: president
S.P.: will be choosing
E. A dictionary can help a writer with problems in spellings and usage.
S.S.: dictionary
S.P.: can help
F. Termites have been eating the beans in the basement.
S.S.: termites
S.P.: have been eating
G. The history class will not administer a test on Friday.
S.S.: history class
S.P.: will not administer
H. Suzan found several valuable coins in the old sugar bowl.
S.S.: Suzan
S.P.: found
I. A big yellow bus rolled down the road.
S.S.: bus
S.P.: rolled
J. Five police officers carefully lifted the box into the truck.
S.S.: police officers
S.P.: lifted
By following these steps, you can identify the simple subject and simple predicate in any given sentence.