Understanding Subjects and Predicates

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What are the two main parts of a sentence?

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A sentence is made up of a subject and a predicate.

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What is a subject in a sentence?

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

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True or False: A sentence can have only a subject and no predicate.

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False. A complete sentence must have both a subject and a predicate.

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

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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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What is the subject in the sentence: 'Tom and Jerry are friends.'?

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The subject is 'Tom and Jerry'.

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What is the predicate in the sentence: 'The flowers bloom in spring.'?

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The predicate is 'bloom in spring'.

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

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The subject is 'The teacher'.

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In the sentence 'The kids are playing outside', what is the predicate?

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The predicate is 'are playing outside'.