SUBJECT AND PREDICATE

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What is a subject in a sentence?

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

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What is a predicate in a sentence?

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The predicate of a sentence tells us what the subject does or what happens to the subject.

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Identify the subject: The cat chased the mouse.

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The cat

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Identify the predicate: The dog barked loudly.

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barked loudly

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True or False: The subject can be a noun or a pronoun.

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True

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What does the predicate include?

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The predicate includes the verb and all the words that tell what the subject does.

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Identify the subject: Sarah and Tom are playing outside.

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Sarah and Tom

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Identify the predicate: The flowers bloomed in spring.

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bloomed in spring

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What is the subject of this sentence?: The teacher explained the lesson.

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The teacher

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What is the predicate of this sentence?: The children laughed at the joke.

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laughed at the joke