Subject & Predicate

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What is a subject in a sentence?

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The subject is who or what the sentence is about.

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What is a predicate in a sentence?

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The predicate is the action or what is being said about the subject.

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Identify the subject in this sentence: 'The cat sleeps.'

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The subject is 'The cat'.

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

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The predicate is 'barks loudly'.

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

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The subject is 'The flowers'.

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In the sentence 'The teacher explains the lesson', what is the predicate?

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The predicate is 'explains the lesson'.

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What does the subject tell us in a sentence?

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The subject tells us who or what the sentence is about.

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What does the predicate tell us in a sentence?

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The predicate tells us what the subject does or what is happening.

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In the sentence 'My friends play soccer', identify the subject.

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The subject is 'My friends'.

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In the sentence 'The sun shines brightly', identify the predicate.

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The predicate is 'shines brightly'.