subject and predicate
CONTENTS
Definition of a sentence.
What is a Subject?
What is a predicate?
Definition:
A group of words that makes complete sense is called a sentence.
A sentence always starts with a capital letter and ends with a full stop, (.), question mark(?) or exclamation mark(!).
E.g.'s of complete sentence
- He drives slow.
- Did you attend the party?
- Wow! you look gorgeous!
- Close the window!
the dog is in the kennel.
‘The dog’ is the subject.
– ‘is in the kennel’ – is the predicate.
The subject is the what or or who in a sentence.
The predicate is the action in a sentence, i.e., what the subject does or is.
what is subject and predicate
While framing a sentence,
We name the person or thing(noun) (subject).
We tell what the person or thing does, i.e., we say something about the person or thing.
E.g., Scorpions are poisonous.
Scorpions - Subject.
are poisonous - predicate.
subjects can also be placed at the end of a sentence.
As in the picture, the subject usually come first, but sometimes it is placed after the predicate.
– Here are the apples.
– apples (noun)is the subject which comes at the end of the sentence.
TYPES OF SUBJECT AND PREDICATE
The complete subject is all the words before the verb.
- The bright, red sun rises in the east.
The simple subject is one or two main words in the subject.
- The bright, red sun rises in the east.
The complete predicate – is all the words from the verb till the end of the sentence.
- The bright, red sun rises in the east.
The simple predicate is the first verb and any helping verb with the first verb.
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