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Directions: In the text boxes provided below each item, identify the sentence's simple subject and simple predicate. When you are finished the exercise, click the "Check My Work" button at the bottom of the page to check your answers.
1. What were you doing at 11:00 p.m. last night?
2. The agent at the bank must have been feeling suspicious about the action.
3. The flower on a cactus is a thing of beauty.
4. After an hour or two, you should find the pain bearable.
5. The guitarist's fingers flew over the frets on the guitar neck.
6. Every house on this block was destroyed by the tornado.
7. My editor in New York will be working all week on the manuscript for my new book.
8. By the fence sat an old box full of keys.
9. Did Mr. Bond request a change in his reservation for dinner?
10. My friends from the old neighborhood came to my new house.