WREN & MARTIN's English grammar-Identifying Parts of the Sentence Subject | Verb | Object | Predicate

 

English Grammar — MCQ Identifying Parts of the Sentence Subject | Verb | Object | Predicate Class 9 / 1st Year Intermediate

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Q1. What is the subject in the following sentence? "The young doctor with great experience treated all the patients." A. treated all the patients B. with great experience C. The young doctor with great experience D. all the patients

Q2. What is the verb in the following sentence? "The excited children ran towards the playground quickly." A. The excited children B. towards the playground C. quickly D. ran

Q3. What is the direct object in the following sentence? "The librarian arranged all the books on the shelves." A. The librarian B. arranged C. all the books D. on the shelves

Q4. What is the predicate in the following sentence? "The students of Class 9 cleaned the entire school garden." A. The students B. The students of Class 9 C. cleaned the entire school garden D. of Class 9

Q5. What is the subject in the following sentence? "Telling lies is a bad habit." A. is a bad habit B. a bad habit C. bad habit D. Telling lies

Q6. What is the verb in the following sentence? "She quietly placed the vase on the table." A. quietly B. placed C. the vase D. on the table

Q7. What is the direct object in the following sentence? "My father bought a new bicycle for me." A. My father B. bought C. for me D. a new bicycle

Q8. What is the predicate in the following sentence? "The lazy boy with torn clothes slept under the tree." A. The lazy boy B. with torn clothes C. The lazy boy with torn clothes D. slept under the tree

Q9. What is the subject in the following sentence? "To help others is a noble deed." A. is a noble deed B. a noble deed C. To help others D. noble deed

Q10. What is the indirect object in the following sentence? "The kind teacher gave the poor student a brand new notebook." A. gave B. a brand new notebook C. the poor student D. The kind teacher

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Answers with Explanations

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Q1. ✅ C — The young doctor with great experience. The complete subject includes the main noun (doctor) along with all its modifiers (young, with great experience). The subject is the noun or noun phrase that tells us who or what the sentence is about. The predicate is treated all the patients. Always collect the main noun and all its describing words to identify the complete subject.

Q2. ✅ D — ran. Ran is the main verb — the action word that tells us what the subject (The excited children) did. The verb is the most important part of the predicate. Quickly is an adverb modifying the verb. Towards the playground is a prepositional phrase of direction. To identify the verb, ask what action the subject is performing in the sentence.

Q3. ✅ C — all the books. The direct object is the noun or noun phrase that directly receives the action of the verb. Ask: arranged what? — all the books. This is the direct object. The librarian is the subject. Arranged is the verb. On the shelves is a prepositional phrase of place. The direct object always answers the question what or whom after the verb.

Q4. ✅ C — cleaned the entire school garden. The predicate is the part of the sentence that says something about the subject. It always contains the verb and all the words that complete its meaning. Here cleaned the entire school garden tells us what the students did. The complete subject is The students of Class 9. The predicate begins with the verb and includes the object and other modifiers.

Q5. ✅ D — Telling lies. Telling lies is a gerund phrase functioning as the subject of the sentence. A gerund (verb+ing form used as a noun) along with its object forms a gerund phrase. Here telling is the gerund and lies is its object. The predicate is is a bad habit. Gerund phrases are very commonly used as subjects in English and are always treated as singular subjects.

Q6. ✅ B — placed. Placed is the main verb of the sentence — it expresses the action performed by the subject (She). Quietly is an adverb of manner modifying the verb. The vase is the direct object. On the table is a prepositional phrase indicating place. To identify the verb in a sentence, always ask what the subject is doing or what action the subject is performing.

Q7. ✅ D — a new bicycle. The direct object is the thing that directly receives the action of the verb. Ask: bought what? — a new bicycle. This is the direct object. My father is the subject. Bought is the verb. For me is a prepositional phrase indicating the beneficiary. The direct object is the primary noun that the action of the verb falls upon directly.

Q8. ✅ D — slept under the tree. The predicate slept under the tree tells us what the lazy boy did. It contains the verb (slept) and the prepositional phrase (under the tree) which completes the meaning. The complete subject is The lazy boy with torn clothes — the main noun is boy and with torn clothes is a modifying phrase. The predicate always starts with the main verb of the sentence.

Q9. ✅ C — To help others. To help others is an infinitive phrase functioning as the subject of the sentence. Infinitive phrases (to + base verb + object) can serve as subjects, objects, or complements in English sentences. Here to help is the infinitive and others is its object. The predicate is is a noble deed. Infinitive phrases used as subjects are always treated as singular in verb agreement.

Q10. ✅ C — the poor student. When a sentence has two objects, the indirect object is the person or thing that indirectly receives the action — usually the receiver or beneficiary. Ask: gave to whom? — the poor student (indirect object). Ask: gave what? — a brand new notebook (direct object). The indirect object usually comes before the direct object when no preposition is used in the sentence.