Let’s read the given sentence.
The basket is full of apples.
Subject: Ravi
Predicate: is drinking juice.
2. Dia wakes up at 5 o’clock in the morning.
Subject: Dia
Predicate: wakes up at 5 o’clock in the morning.
3. She is eating breakfast.
Subject: She
Predicate: is eating breakfast.
4. The sun rises in the east.
Subject: The sun
Predicate: rises in the east.
5. The dogs were barking loudly.
Subject: The dogs
Predicate: were barking loudly.
6. My mother and my aunt are doctors.
Subject: My mother and my aunt
Predicate: are doctors.
7. Apples grow on trees.
Subject: Apples
Predicate: grow on trees.
8. Riya read the book.
Subject: Riya
Predicate: read the book.
9. He is a clever but lazy boy.
Subject: He
Predicate: is a clever but lazy boy.
10. The parrot was sitting on the branch.
Subject: The parrot
Predicate: was sitting on the branch
• The lady was wearing a blue dress.
• My younger brother is a doctor.
• The children are writing their exams.
• The girl and her little brother are playing outside.
• Dia and Riya are my best friends.
• Rahul opened the door.
• The bag is on the floor is new.
• Dia is going to buy a new pair of shoes.
• She was reading a fairy tale.
• The moon moves around the sun.
• Her sister’s name is Dia.
• Bread and jam was served for breakfast.
• This animal has no tail.
• Rain falls from the clouds.
• The cow is eating grass.
The basket is full of apples.
In the above sentence we speak about ‘The basket’. ‘The basket’ is the Subject of sentence.
In a sentence, the person or thing we speak about is called the Subject.
In the above sentence, ‘full of apples’ tells us something about the Subject (the basket). ‘Full of apples’ is the Predicate of sentence.
What is said about the Subject in a sentence is called the Predicate.
Thus, all sentences can be divided into two parts: a subject and a predicate.
The subject is what (or whom) the sentence is about, while the predicate tells us something about the subject.
Some more examples:
1. Ravi is drinking juice.Subject: Ravi
Predicate: is drinking juice.
2. Dia wakes up at 5 o’clock in the morning.
Subject: Dia
Predicate: wakes up at 5 o’clock in the morning.
3. She is eating breakfast.
Subject: She
Predicate: is eating breakfast.
4. The sun rises in the east.
Subject: The sun
Predicate: rises in the east.
5. The dogs were barking loudly.
Subject: The dogs
Predicate: were barking loudly.
6. My mother and my aunt are doctors.
Subject: My mother and my aunt
Predicate: are doctors.
7. Apples grow on trees.
Subject: Apples
Predicate: grow on trees.
8. Riya read the book.
Subject: Riya
Predicate: read the book.
9. He is a clever but lazy boy.
Subject: He
Predicate: is a clever but lazy boy.
10. The parrot was sitting on the branch.
Subject: The parrot
Predicate: was sitting on the branch
Practice Exercise
Q1) Underline the subject circle the predicate of each sentence.• The lady was wearing a blue dress.
• My younger brother is a doctor.
• The children are writing their exams.
• The girl and her little brother are playing outside.
• Dia and Riya are my best friends.
• Rahul opened the door.
• The bag is on the floor is new.
• Dia is going to buy a new pair of shoes.
• She was reading a fairy tale.
• The moon moves around the sun.
• Her sister’s name is Dia.
• Bread and jam was served for breakfast.
• This animal has no tail.
• Rain falls from the clouds.
• The cow is eating grass.