Subject and Predicate
A simple sentence that we speak or write consists of two parts: the subject and the predicate.
The person or thing we speak about is subject.
What we speak about that person or thing is the predicate.
1. The journey was long and tedious.
2. Birds build nests.
3. Stone walls do not make noise.
4. She spoke very loudly.
5. The noisy fan disturbed the class.
Order of subject and predicate
1. Subject usually comes first. Sometimes, however, this order is reversed.
Example: Sweet is the fruit of labour.
Let the cat out of the bag.
2. In interrogative sentence, subject usually comes after a part of predicate.
Example: Did you talk to her?
3. In exclamatory sentence, subject is placed after the predicate or after a part of
predicate.
Example: How beautiful is the scenery!
May you live long!
4. In Imperative sentences, the subject is generally omitted.
Example: Stand up = (You) stand up.
Thank you = (I) Thank you.
Exercise
1. All the questions are difficult.
2. A nurse receives her training in a hospital.
3. A bad workman quarrels with his tools.
4. Barking dogs seldom bite.
5. The elephant is the largest land animal.
6. Mind your own business.
7. Did the clock strike?
8. What a fool you are!
9. Without efforts nothing can be gained.
10. Life is made up of tears and smiles.
Supply Predicates to each of these sentences.
1. The young boy ………….
2. Our villagers …………..
3. One of the girls …………
4. The cat ……….
5. The magician …………
6. Flowers ……….
7. Aeroplanes ……..
8. Jawaharlal Nehru ………..
9. Parents ………
10. The news ……………
Supply Subjects to each of these Predicates
1. …………. has curly hair.
2. ……….... are not mine.
3. ………….. gave me advice.
4. ………….. rises in the east.
5. ………….. is the father of our Nation.
6. ………….. is the last day of the week.
7. …………… are playing in the garden.
8. …………… is studying for Upsc.
9. …………... is the national animal of India.
10. …………… is a very haunted place.
Vocabulary word for the day:
Daunt (verb): to make someone feel anxious, frighten, scare, fear
Sentence: The depth of the sea daunts me.
