Q-1. complete the sentences with suitable predicates
(1) My family................
(2) The lion.................
Answers
Explanation:
Subject and Predicate
We know that a sentence is a group of words that makes a complete sense.
Example: Prerna is a good girl.
Sentence can be divided into two parts.
Prerna (Subject) is a good girl (Predicate)
'Prerna' is the subject because the sentence is about 'Prerna'. The words 'is a good girl' is the predicate because this part tells us something about the subject 'Prerna'.
The part of a sentence which tells us what the sentence is about is the subject.
The part of a sentence which tells us something about the subject is the predicate.
Let us read some more sentences
Subject Predicate
1. Birds fly
2. The birds flew away
3. The two babies were feeling scared
As we can see, the subject and the predicate can be made up of one word, as in example 1. two words as in example 2. or more than two words as in example 3.
The order of the subject and predicate
Usually, the subject comes before the predicate but often for emphasis, the predicate can come befor the subject.
Example:
In the jungle lived a lion.
In the jungle lived(predicate) a lion(subject)
Again, in imperative sentenses, the subject is not mentioned.
Example:
1. Go to sleep
2. Get up from bed
These sentences usually mean -
1. You go to sleep
2. You get up from bed
Identify the subject and the predicate in the given sentences.
1. Rima and Seema are good friends.
2. Across the river is the small village.
3. The children of the junior classes have a holiday tomorrow.
4. Stand in a queue.
5. Ankit is absent today.
6. Anirudh and his teammates have won the match.
7. My dream is to be an advocate.
8. Most of my classmates stay in Noida.
9. You cannot drink water inside the class.
10. Shalini is unwell.
Answer:
(1) My family is staying abroad.
(2) The lion is chasing the prey.
Explanation:
- Every complete sentence is made of two parts namely a subject and a predicate.
- The subject refers to what (or whom) the sentence is about.
- The predicate refers to something about the subject or what the subject is or does. The part of the sentence carries the verb (and everything else (verbs, adjectives, prepositional phrases, etc.) and does not include the subject.
- A sentence is an incomplete thought if it lacks either of these parts.
- When breaking down a sentence, the subject is what (in other cases whom) the sentence is focused more on.
- The predicate is what that is doing or is. This tells us that the predicate is the verb or modifier of the sentence. The subject, on the other hand, is a noun or pronoun that appears within the sentence.
- We can easily identify the subject by asking- "who" or "what" is the sentence about.
- And to identify the predicate we need to look for an action that is taking place in the sentence.
- Here the given subjects are (1) My family and (2) The lion to which the predicates are added carrying the verbs.
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