Examples of Subject and Verb in Simple Sentences for Grade 2

📚 Quick Study Guide

• 🙋 Subject: The person, place, or thing that the sentence is about. It usually comes at the beginning of the sentence.
• 🏃 Verb: The action word that tells what the subject is doing.
• ✍️ Simple Sentence: A sentence that has one subject and one verb and expresses a complete thought.
• 💡 Finding the Subject: Ask yourself, "Who or what is doing something?"
• 💡 Finding the Verb: Ask yourself, "What is the subject doing?"

Practice Quiz

1. Which word is the verb in the sentence: "The cat sleeps."?
   1. A. cat
   2. B. sleeps
   3. C. the
2. Which word is the subject in the sentence: "Birds sing loudly."?
   1. A. loudly
   2. B. sing
   3. C. Birds
3. Which word is the verb in the sentence: "The sun shines brightly."?
   1. A. sun
   2. B. brightly
   3. C. shines
4. Which word is the subject in the sentence: "Dogs bark."?
   1. A. bark
   2. B. Dogs
   3. C. None
5. Which word is the verb in the sentence: "I jump."?
   1. A. I
   2. B. jump
   3. C. None
6. Which word is the subject in the sentence: "She reads."?
   1. A. reads
   2. B. She
   3. C. None
7. Which word is the verb in the sentence: "He runs fast."?
   1. A. He
   2. B. runs
   3. C. fast