SUBJECT AND PREDICATE
3. Every sentence consists of two parts,expressed or understood:--
(1) The part which names the person or thing we speak about.
This part of the sentence is called the SUBJECT.
(2) What is said of the person or thing denoted by the subject.
This part of the sentence is called the PREDICATE.
4. Notice how these sentences are divided into subject and predicate:---
(*) SUBJECT :- We
(*) PREDICATE :- have done our duty
(*) SUBJECT :- Birds
(*) PREDICATE :- fly in the air.
(*) SUBJECT :- A bad workman
(*) PREDICATE :- blames his tools
(*) SUBJECT :- The rich
(*) PREDICATE :- are not always happy
(*) SUBJECT :- The early bird
(*) PREDICATE :- catches the worm
5.The subject does not always come at the beginning of the sentence:-
1) How badly you sing!
2) Down dropped the breeze
3) Across the path lay a frozen snake..
4) Sweet are the uses of adversity.
(*) Subject : You
(*) Predicate :- sing how badly
(*) Subject :- The breeze
(*) Predicate :- dropped down
(*) Subject :- A frozen snake
(*) Predicate :- lay across the path
(*) Subject :- The uses of adversity
(*) Predicate :- are sweet
6. In Imperative sentences the Subject is generally left out;as,
Do this. [Here the Subject You is understood.]
Thank you. [Here theSubject I is understood.]
Exercise 3.Divide the following sentences into SUBJECT and PREDICATE:-
1) A barking sound the shepherd hears.
2) Don't make a noise.
3) The country is lovely in autumn.
4) The boy stood on the burning deck.
5) The stars are shining brightly.
6) The sun went down.
7)Work hard.
8) Darkness came quickly on.
9) Down fell the mango.
10) Strange are the ways of God.
11) Stone walls do not a prison make.
12) No man can serve two masters.
13) The singing of the birds delights us.
14)Swimming is the best kind of exercise.
15)Delhi,the capital of India,stands on the Jumna.
EXERCISE 4. Add suitable Predicates to the following subjetcs:-
1.) The earth---------------------?
2.) The stars--------------------?
3.) A good boy-------------------?
4). A stationar -------------------?
5.) A butcher---------------------?
6.) Our class--------------------?
7.) Our headmaster------------?
8.) The sun-----------------------?
9.) The Queen of England----?
10.) Our Prime Minister-------?
EXERCISE 5.Add suitable Subjects to the following Predicates:-
1) -----------consists of thirty pupils.
2)------------is always likes by his teachers.
3)-----------opened the Exhibition.
4)-----------does not move round the earth.
5)-----------revolves round the sun.
6)-----------are shining brightly in the sky.
7)-----------lives in Delhi.
8)----------make one rupee.
9)----------sells meat.
10)--------is very strict.
Exercise 3.Divide the following sentences into SUBJECT and PREDICATE:-
1) A barking sound the shepherd hears.
2) Don't make a noise.
3) The country is lovely in autumn.
4) The boy stood on the burning deck.
5) The stars are shining brightly.
6) The sun went down.
7)Work hard.
8) Darkness came quickly on.
9) Down fell the mango.
10) Strange are the ways of God.
11) Stone walls do not a prison make.
12) No man can serve two masters.
13) The singing of the birds delights us.
14)Swimming is the best kind of exercise.
15)Delhi,the capital of India,stands on the Jumna.
EXERCISE 4. Add suitable Predicates to the following subjetcs:-
1.) The earth---------------------?
2.) The stars--------------------?
3.) A good boy-------------------?
4). A stationar -------------------?
5.) A butcher---------------------?
6.) Our class--------------------?
7.) Our headmaster------------?
8.) The sun-----------------------?
9.) The Queen of England----?
10.) Our Prime Minister-------?
EXERCISE 5.Add suitable Subjects to the following Predicates:-
1) -----------consists of thirty pupils.
2)------------is always likes by his teachers.
3)-----------opened the Exhibition.
4)-----------does not move round the earth.
5)-----------revolves round the sun.
6)-----------are shining brightly in the sky.
7)-----------lives in Delhi.
8)----------make one rupee.
9)----------sells meat.
10)--------is very strict.
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