Name: ___________________________ Date: __________________

Write the simple subject without modifiers, in the first blank; write the verb in the second blank. Some sentences have compound subjects, compound verbs, or both: and some have an implied ("you") subject.

1. Every afternoon Joyce watches her favorite soap opera, The Blameless and the Doomed.
   
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2. Never again will Jose order the mystery meat stew.
   
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3. Jack and Jill should have been more careful on that hill.
   
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4. Maybe you and I will learn to tango.
   
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5. In Key West is the southernmost point of the United States
   
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6. Several of the players are already stretching and warming up.
   
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7. Please knock three times on the window.
   
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8. Jesse Ventura, a former professional wrestler, was elected governor of Minnesota.
   
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9. Before long he will discover the sunken treasure and become famous.
   
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10. Whom can we persuade to clean the skunk's cage?
    
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11. There is plenty of borscht for everyone.
    
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12. How will you crack the code?
    
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13. The boxers, just before the fight, touched gloves and returned to their corners of the ring.
    
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14. In no time at all, Snow White had cleaned the whole cottage.
    
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15. Many of the roller skaters were injured during the last race.
    
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16. Has he ever wished upon a star?
    
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17. Please bring me flies for my Venus fly trap.
    
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18. His response to her marriage proposal was to buy a single one-way ticket to Siberia.
    
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19. In the jar floats a lone pickled egg.
    
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20. Write your name on the paper.
    
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