Subject & Predicate

The subject is the part of a sentence that tells who or what the sentence is about.

The predicate is the part of a sentence that tells what the subject does or is.

The dog.

chased the mouse.

The subject performs the action or is described in the sentence.

The predicate provides information about the subject, including the action or state of being.

The flowers.

is reading a book.

A simple subject is a single noun or pronoun, like 'dog' or 'she'.

A compound subject consists of two or more subjects joined by a conjunction, like 'Tom and Jerry'.