Subject and predicate | what is Subject and predicate?

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February 11, 2022 in English, Learning

Subject and predicate | what is Subject and predicate?

Every sentence have two part: the subject and the predicate. The subject is the first part of sentence. It it’ll us what what the sentences is about.

for example

Ajayita is a teacher of german.
Ajayita’s school is in Bhubaneswar.
Lucky and saumya play chess every evening.

The predicate come after the subject and content of verb.it tell us something about the subject.

Ajayita is a teacher of german.
Ajayita’s school is in Bhubaneswar.
Lucky and saumya play chess every evening.

Subject :is a first part of the sentence ;tells us what or who the sentence is about.

Jerry sister is subject

Predicate: comes after the subject; contains a verb ; tells something about the subject.

Attend piano classes on weekends.it is a predicate

Subject: form and function

The subject in a sentence usually a noun or noun phrase. Other types of words, when they occur as subject, behave like noun.

Fruits contain vitamins.(noun as subject)
The exercises in the maths textbook are difficult.(noun phrase as subject)
Smoking is banned here. (gerund*as subject)

Imperative sentences Mein appeared to have no subject. That is because the subject in them is you, which is implied, and so it is omitted.
(You) write the heading first.
(You) raise your left leg.
(You) add a little water to the batter.

Questions, or interrogative sentence, do not start with the subject. The subject in question come after the verb that start the sentences.
For example= is Ajayita is teacher of German?
Do lucky and Saumya play chess every evening?
Are the Math exercise difficult?

The subject does not come first in exclamatory sentence either.
For example= how cute the baby is!
What are brave effort!
How great the teachings of Gandhi are!

Predicate: form and function

The predicate must contain our. It can also contain other elements like object, complements or and adverbials all depending on the nature of the verb.
Merin sings. (verb-only predicate)
Merin sings a song. ( predicate with the verb and object.
Neha told us an interesting story. ( predicate with a verb and two object direct:{ an interesting story} and indirect({ua})
This place look familiar.
( predicate with verb and complement)
Renuka met Marine in the park.
( predicate with the verb, an object and an adverbial)

Circle the subject and underline the predicate in the following sentence.

  1. The wax polished look like ice cream.
  2. Did you leave the back door open?
  3. Baking in a cake is not as easy as eating it.
  4. Kalyan, Narmada and Madhu have decided to learn yoga.
  5. I found a dead rat inside the wardrobe.
  6. Are Samuel’s brothers seller.
  7. The trainer is running around the playground.
  8. Have you submitted the application form?
  9. Do not open that box.
  10. Will you bring that bouquet to the lecture hall?
  11. Stop the player from leaving the ground.

Write your own subject for the following predicates.

1. __is an amazing dancer.
2.__ love to go rafting in the river.
3.__ bought me a   watch and cap.
4.__ become weak with age.
5.__ are the best engineer we have.
6.__ start fighting whenever their parents are away.
7.__ has booked a ticket for the evening show.
8.__ will not reached here tomorrow.

Write your own predicate for the following subject.

  1. Nina and I____
  2. Some of the onion in this bag __
  3. Birds____
  4. Jennifer____
  5. She____
  6. This Island____
  7. 7.an actor____
  8. Those who have scored less than 30____

Questions

  1. Yes no question the reply to these questions is yes or no.
    Have you had your lunch?
    Is there a lizard in the kitchen?
    Will she go out this evening?
  2. WH question these question are formed using question word like what why, when who were and how.
    The reply to them is not a simple yes or no, but one from an open range of responses.
    Question= where is Nithya house?
    Answer= it’s in Lalbhagh.
    Question= why cannot you write down the instructions?
    Answer= because I do not have time.
    Question= how do you open this?
    Answer= by turning the knob in the anticlockwise direction.
  3. Alternative question the reply to alternative question is one of the option give by the question itself.
    Would you like to watch TV or chat online?
    Is her name Ashwani or Anusha?
    Will he sing a song or do a magic trick?

Yes no questions

Yes no questions are usually formed by placing the word before the subject.
Your hand are wet. Are your hand wet?
Ricardo was playing football. Was record of playing football?
Hussain is a painter – is Hussain a painter?
people should protect trees. Should people protect trees?
Adil has returned from China. Has Adil returned from China?

When there is a helping verb in the statement, it question from will have the structure.
Helping verb + object + main verb + other part of the predicate.

When there is no helping verb in the statement, as in sentence in the simple present or the simple past we will need to supply do does or did as shown in the table below.

Simple present

Does + subject + base from of the verb + other part of the predicate.
For example: Suraj make tea. Does Suraj make tea?
The earth goes around the sun. Does the Earth go around the sun?

Simple past

Did + subject + base from the verb + other part of the predicate.
The satellite went around the earth. Did the satellite go around the earth?
You painted the wall. Did you paint the wall?
I feel asleep. Did I fall asleep?

Rewrite the following statement as yes no question

  1. bamboo is a type of grass.
  2. Sania is watering the plant.
  3. Fernandes was the captain of a ship.
  4. She eat three bananas every morning.
  5. Zarina will come home tomorrow.
  6. Some fish can stay out of water for a long time.7. It would be better to go to the city in the morning .
  7. You can enter the house through the back door.
  8. Dilip, farhan and ameya Practice for an hour in the evening.
  9. Reshma disliked chapattis his when she was a kid.
  10. Jacquiline dream that she had become a movie star.
  11. You created a fuss about the leaking tap yesterday.

Tag question and question have the nature of yes no question. A tag question is a short question added after a statement. Attack question accept and agree reply from the hearer.
For example= Monica is a beautician, is not she ?
(Reply: yes she is.)
We are not going to Jaipur again , are we?
(Reply: no, we are not.)
Sonia has married Malik has not she?
(Reply: yes, she has.)

A declarative question is a statement that is focal like a question with a rising tone at the end.
You’ve got some money?
Daddy’s at home?
The teacher has checked your answer sheet?

February 6, 2022 in English

The sentence | What is sentence

What is sentence?

A sentence is a group of word that make complete sentence. It has a Unity, stands independently and Express are cleared meaning.

A sentence must contain and action word, or verb. Sentence also contain are subject, or the doer of the action . Some sentence include an object, that is, the person or thing that is, the person or thing that undergoes the action.
Examples-
cheetahs runs fast ,
Cheetahs chase deer.

Sentence begin with a capital letter. And with a full stop(.), a questions mark(?)or an exclamation mark(!).

Types of sentences

There are four major types of sentences

  • Declarative sentences
  • Interrogative sentences
  • Imperative sentence
  • Exclamatory sentences

Declarative sentences tell something and end with a full stop.
For example
Amazon is a river.
Nikita 8 3 bananas in the morning.
Our grandfather lives in Madurai.
Charles Dickens was a famous British novelist.

Interrogative sentences ask question and end with question mark.
For example:
when is the music festivals starting?
Who left the fridge open?
many hundred are there in 1000?
was Kapil the captain of their team?

Imperative sentence give a command or an advice, or make a request. They Austin and with a full stop, or sometimes, and exclamation mark.
For example:
give me the remote.
Stop talking. Let’s go home.
By seven boxes of chocolate and their three bricks of ice cream do not move!

Exclamatory sentences how strong feelings and end with an exclamation mark. The usually begin with the word what or how.
and exclamation mark.
For example:
What are fine necklace Saroj has how !
making the Ellora caves !
are what are the genius Ramanujan was!
how clever the King Minister are!

Declarative sentence
Simpler name- statements
end punctuation mark-full stop (.)

Interrogative sentence
Simpler name- questions
end punctuation mark- question mark(?)

Imperative sentence
Simpler name- commands and requests
end punctuation mark-full stop(.)/exclamation mark(!)

Exclamatory sentences
Simpler name- exclamations
end punctuation mark-exclamation mark(!)

Write interrogative sentence which would be answered by the given statement.

  1. I will pack my bag after breakfast.
  2. It is 1 km wide.
  3. Prometheus growth Fire To The Earth from heaven.
  4. I cannot close this window because it frame has bent.
  5. Anshuman ramis a golfer.
  6. This mobile phone is my mother’s.
  7. There are 13 birds in the picture.
  8. I want to watch a movie last evening.
  9. Rafiq’s houses in Manohar Nagar.
  10. This train will reach Dehradun at 4 o’clock in the morning.

Write imperative sentence that can be used in each of the following situations.

  1. Request to Shoaib to turn off the lights in the bedroom.
  2. A warming on electric iron that one should not touch it with wet hands.
  3. Our website asking you to enter a password to login in.
  4. A coach shouting to his student during a running competition.
  5. Instruction to stick ka photograph on application form.
  6. Sign at a public place asking people to throw letter in the dustbin.
  7. Any version Si helpline number and the accompanying message.
  8. A line from recipe note on adding Ginger.

Rewrite the following statement as exclamation.

  1. The tadpoles are tiny.
  2. It is very silly to paint an ice cube.
  3. The Grand Canyon in America is an amazing sight.
  4. Kuldeep Basu is a wonderful fielder.
  5. The shock Roshni knits are very fluffy.
  6. It is dangerous to play with firecrackers.
  7. The Rotten meat is very smelly.
  8. Reena Naidu is a talented chess player.

Add correct end punctuation mark to the sentences and right type of each.

1 full stop how many times have you travelled by Sea?

  1. It was on a ship in 1989.
  2. What a great experience it was
  3. Please put away the cartons
  4. Bring your craft workbook tomorrow
  5. Where is Murshidabad located
  6. Sending an email is easier than writing a letter
  7. Who is the first woman to fly aeroplane
  8. How cruel it is to make little children work in factories
  9. A Kingfisher Lays up to 10 eggs at a time