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Subject and
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Predicate
Warm-up
Match the columns.
Subject Predicate
1. The shops a. was shouting and throwing stones.
2. The students b. crashed against the tree.
3. The crowd c. had many rooms in it.
4. The car d. tells us about a prince and a princess.
5. The house e. was made of teak wood.
6. The furniture f. works very hard.
7. My mother g. were selling beautiful clothes.
8. The book h. were excited about the school trip.
The part of the sentence that tells us who or what the sentence is about is called
the subject. The subject performs the action denoted by the verb. The rest of the
sentence is called the predicate. The predicate contains the verb.
A. Identify the subject and the predicate in these sentences.
1. The baby sleeps in its crib.
2. The man loves riding a horse.
3. Jaya is very hard-working.
4. Rohan loves his pet.
5. The sun was shining brightly.
6. Ravi is a good boy.
7. Mohan likes to play cricket.
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