Parts of a sentence

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Subject?

The first part of a sentence which shows the person or the thing is called the subject.
Just go through the following sentences:

Rakesh works in a bank.

The goat is a four footed animal.

They are neatly dressed.

In the above sentences the words ‘Shikhar’, ‘the goat’, and ‘they’ are subjects as we speak about them.

Predicate?

What we speak about the subject is called predicate. This is the remaining part of the sentence after the subject.
Examples:
1. Suresh is playing cricket.
2. Anushka dances well.
3. We go to school every day.

In the above sentences the words ‘playing cricket’, ‘dances well’ and ‘go to school every day’ are the predicates as these are said about the subjects.

Now observe the following:

Subjects	Predicate
A car	has four wheels.
Good books and good teachers	are always rare.
Humpty Dumpty	sat on a wall.
Cock	crows.
Priya	had a little lamb.
Jack and Jill	went up the hill.
The neem tree	is big and strong.

 

A. Divide each of the following sentences into subjects and predicates:

1. The lotus is our national flower.
Subject: ______________ Predicate: ____________________________
2. The phone rang.
Subject: ______________ Predicate: ____________________________
3. That new computer is yours.
Subject: ______________ Predicate: ____________________________
4. Akbar was a great emperor.
Subject: ______________ Predicate: ____________________________

5. Ritu is my sister.
Subject: ______________ Predicate: ____________________________
6. The air blows.
Subject: ______________ Predicate: ____________________________
7. The river flows.
Subject: ______________ Predicate: ____________________________

B. Match the subjects with their predicates:

Subjects Predicates
1. Dogs – (d) are sour.
2. Rohan and Sulekha – (e) are cousins
3. Children – (a) protect us from rain.
4. Grapes – (b) guard our houses.
5. Umbrellas and raincoats – (c) fly kites in the sky.

C. Write 10 sentences about your family and mention the subject and the predicate:

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