Understanding Subject and Predicate in Sentences

This video tutorial by Miguel Fernández Collado explains the parts of a sentence, focusing on the subject and predicate. It covers methods to identify the subject using questions and number changes, and explains the concept of the elliptical subject. The tutorial also defines the predicate and demonstrates how to locate its nucleus, which is always the verb. Examples are provided throughout to illustrate these concepts.

What question can you ask to identify the subject in a sentence?

• Where is it?

• Who or what is performing the action?

• When did it happen?

• Why did it happen?

In the sentence 'The dog has colorful spots', what is the subject?

• Spots

• Has

• The dog

• Colorful spots

How can you identify the subject by changing the verb number?

• By changing the verb from singular to plural or vice versa

• By changing the verb to future tense

• By changing the verb to present tense

• By changing the verb to past tense

In the sentence 'The notebooks are without pages', what is the subject when the verb is changed to singular?

• The notebook

• Are

• Without pages

• The notebooks

What is always the nucleus of a nominal group subject?

• An adjective

• An adverb

• A verb

• A noun or pronoun

In the sentence 'Melchor has a white beard', what is the nominal group subject?

• Beard

• White beard

• Melchor

• Has a white beard

What is the predicate in a sentence?

• The description of the subject

• The action performed by the subject

• The subject of the sentence

• What is said about the subject

In the sentence 'The saxophone sounds very good', what is the predicate?

• Sounds very good

• The saxophone

• Sounds

• Very good

What is an elliptical subject?

• A subject that is explicitly stated

• A subject that is implied and not directly stated

• A subject that is a noun

• A subject that is a pronoun

In the sentence 'They eat potatoes every day', what is the elliptical subject?

• Potatoes

• Eat

• Every day

• They