Every sentence has a subject and a predicate.<\/p>\n
The subject denotes the person or thing that performs the action mentioned in the sentence.<\/p>\n
Study the example given below.<\/p>\n
Mukesh is writing a story.<\/p>\n
Who performs the action (writing) here? Mukesh<\/p>\n
So, Mukesh is the subject.<\/p>\n
The predicate tells us something about the subject.<\/p>\n
The subject can be a single word.<\/p>\n
Fire burns. (Here the subject consists of just one word \u2013 fire)<\/p>\n
Heat expands bodies.<\/p>\n
The subject can also consist of several words.<\/p>\n
The pretty girl was wearing a red frock.<\/p>\n
Here the subject consists of three words \u2013 the pretty girl.<\/p>\n
Generally speaking, the predicate consists of all the words that are not a part of the subject. The verb (a word denoting action) is the most important word in the predicate.<\/p>\n
Exercise<\/strong><\/p>\n Underline the subject in the following sentences.<\/p>\n 1. Rohan has a nice collection of marbles.<\/p>\n 2. She is knitting a sweater.<\/p>\n 3. Mother is going to the temple.<\/p>\n 4. The child is waiting for his father.<\/p>\n 5. The dog took the ball of thread away.<\/p>\n 6. The lion was hungry.<\/p>\n 7. The mother and the daughter were happy to hear the news.<\/p>\n 8. Shyam and Ram have been selected.<\/p>\n 9. You and he should leave this place at once.<\/p>\n 10. The poor man had nothing to eat.<\/p>\n Answers<\/strong><\/p>\n 1. Rohan<\/span> has a nice collection of marbles.<\/p>\n 2. She<\/span> is knitting a sweater.<\/p>\n 3. Mother<\/span> is going to the temple.<\/p>\n 4. The child<\/span> is waiting for his father.<\/p>\n 5. The dog<\/span> took the ball of wool\u00a0away.<\/p>\n 6. The lion<\/span> was hungry.<\/p>\n 7. The mother and the daughter<\/span> were happy to hear the news.<\/p>\n 8. Shyam and Ram<\/span> have been selected.<\/p>\n 9. You and he<\/span> should leave this place at once.<\/p>\n 10. The poor man<\/span> had nothing to eat.<\/p>\n Notes<\/p>\n In the above sentences, the words that are not underlined form the predicate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Every sentence has a subject and a predicate. The subject denotes the person or thing that performs the action mentioned in the sentence. Study the example given below. Mukesh is writing a story. Who...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[326],"tags":[343],"class_list":["post-2183","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-class-4-worksheets","tag-subject-and-predicate-worksheet"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2183","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2183"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2183\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2184,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2183\/revisions\/2184"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2183"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2183"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2183"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}