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Week Thirty-Four Language Arts Warm Ups

Simple Subjects and Verbs

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1. Identify the simple subjects and the verbs in the following sentence. The movie was long and boring.

Answer: subject: movie; verb: was

2. Identify the simple subjects and the verbs in the following sentence.

The house on the hill is haunted.

Answer: subject: house; verb: is

3. Identify the simple subjects and the verbs in the following sentence.

Thunder and lightning scare my cat.

Answer: subject: cats; verb: scares

4. Identify the simple subjects and the verbs in the following sentence.

In Paris, France, the Eiffel Tower stands tall in the center of the city.

Answer: subject: Eiffel Tower; verb: stands

5. Identify the simple subjects and the verbs in the following sentence.

John chopped the tree down.

Answer: subject: John; verb: chopped

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