You Understood Subjects

Understanding Subject and Predicate is the key to good sentence writing. The subject of a complete sentence is who or what the sentence is about, and the predicate tells about that subject. Select the true statements:

• The subject is the action.

• The subject is who is receiving the action.

• The predicate includes the verb in the sentence.

• The predicate includes the subject.

My best friend has a pet frog.
Which part is the SUBJECT?

• My best friend
• has a pet frog.

The tall oak trees blow in the wind.
Which part is the PREDICATE?

• The tall oak trees
• blow in the wind.

Johnathan rode his bike to school.
Which part is the SUBJECT?

• Johnathan
• rode his bike to school.

The cows mooed at the dog.
Which part is the SUBJECT?

• The cows
• mooed at the dog.

The thunderstorm brought lots of rain.
Which part is the PREDICATE?

• The thunderstorm
• brought lots of rain.

To determine the subject of a sentence, first find the verb and then ask “who?” or “what?” does the action. In the sentence, "The dog ran after the cat," the verb is “ran.” If we ask, “who ran?” the answer is, “the dog ran.” This is how we know that “dog” is the subject of the sentence. Select the TRUE statement.

• The subject is about "who?" or "what?" did the action.

• The verb is the action.

• The verb is always in the predicate part of the sentence.

• All of the above statements are true.

Define subject?

• what is said about the subject. 
• a person, place, or thing.
• who or what the sentence is about. 

Define predicate.

• What is said about the subject. 
• a person, place, thing or idea. 
• a group of words that look like a sentence. 

Find the subject: My student Ana could not wait to get home after seventh period. 

• could not wait
• My student Ana  
• could not