Subjects and Predicates

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What is a subject in a sentence?

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

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

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The subject is 'The cat'.

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

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The predicate is 'barks loudly'.

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What is an example of a subject?

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An example of a subject is 'My sister'.

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What is an example of a predicate?

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An example of a predicate is 'is playing outside'.

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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?

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

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What does the predicate tell us?

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