THE SENTENCE SUBJECT AND PREDICATE

Definition :

A sentence is a grammatically independent unit of expression, made up of two essential parts called the Subject and the Predicate.

Every complete sentence has a subject and a predicate.

THE TWO MAIN PARTS OF A SENTENCE

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The girl is a subject and dances well is the predicate. If I come up to you and say "The girl", you know that is the subject about which I wish to talk. But I have said nothing about the subject. To make a sentence I must say something about the girl.

If I say "The girl dances well", I have expressed a complete thought and I have made a sentence.

In grammar the person or thing we speak about is called the subject. What we say about the subject is called the predicate.

THE SUBJECT

Definition :

Subjects tell the listener and the reader whom or what the sentence is about. The subject is that part of a sentence which names a person, thing, or idea

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Every complete subject contains a simple subject. The simple subject, which is a noun or pronoun, is the most important word in the complete subject.

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THE PREDICATE

Definition :

The predicate is that part of a sentence which tells something about the subject.

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A simple predicate (or verb) describes the action or condition of the subject or subjects in a sentence.

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SUBJECT AND PREDICATE EXAMPLES

Notice how the following sentence are divided into subject and predicate:

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