Subject and Predicate

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What is the subject of a sentence?

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The subject is who or what the sentence is about.

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What is the predicate of a sentence?

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The predicate tells what the subject does or is.

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Identify the subject in this sentence: 'The cat is sleeping.'

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The cat

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Identify the predicate in this sentence: 'The dog barked loudly.'

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barked loudly

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What is an example of a subject?

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An example of a subject is 'The teacher' in the sentence 'The teacher explains the lesson.'

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What is an example of a predicate?

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An example of a predicate is 'is reading a book' in the sentence 'She is reading a book.'

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What does the subject usually tell us?

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The subject usually tells us who or what is performing the action.

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What does the predicate usually tell us?

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The predicate usually tells us what the subject is doing or what is happening to the subject.

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In the sentence 'The flowers bloom in spring,' what is the subject?

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The flowers

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In the sentence 'The children played in the park,' what is the predicate?

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played in the park