Grammar - Subject and Predicate
GRAMMAR
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GRAMMAR
Subject Predicate:
_ Predicate: The predicate is the verb and all the words after it (object / modifiers etc.).
_ The predicate: is the part of sentence that tells what the Subject does; is or has.
_ A predicate must contain Verb explaining what the Subject does and can also include a modifier.
_ The complete predicate contains a Simple predicate.
S S.P S C.P
Maria reads. Maria reads a story.
V
S C.P
Maria reads a story in the house.
V
C.P
She was very happy.
V
Complete Sentence contains Subject + Predicate:
_ Subject: The subject is the Noun / Pronoun / Noun Phrase.
_ The subject: The subject is what or whom the sentence is about.
> It can be Noun Phrase, Noun, Pronoun.
> The complete subject contains a simple subject.
Examples:
*Ana is student (Ana = Subject is Noun)
*I have a good idea (I = Subject is Pronoun)
*My neighbor's dog banked all night (My neighbor's dog = Subject is Noun Phrase).
The sentence has two parts. The topic of the sentence is the subject.
What is told about the subject is the predicate. Sometimes but not always, the subject identifies the agent of the action; that is, it tells us who (m) or what is doing sometimes:
Subject <> Predicate
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- Vaccines <> have arrived at lead!
- Halloween <> is a holiday
- Brazil <> has produced many outstanding international football players
- The city <> was surrendered to Napoleon.
( The subject of the sentence is The village, but didn't do anything. Something was done tp the city by persons unspecified.
The agent is not expressed in this sentence.)
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