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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
e.g.
The Subject
The Predicate
e.g.
The girl dances well
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
e.g.
The master
The teacher
Stars
The dog
Flowers
The sun
Clock
The girl
The horse
David
The Child
The newspaper
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.
e.g.
A loud argument
The newspaper article
We listened to the radio at the beach
Sausage and mushrooms are Leo’s favorite pizza toppings
The Predicate
Definition :
The predicate is that part of a sentence which tells something about the subject.
e.g.
teaches well
eats grass
twinkle at night
the phonograph
shines during the day
bite the boy
crows in the morning
dances well
is clever
A simple predicate (or verb) describes the action or condition of the subject or subjects in a sentence.
e.g.
Danielle sketched
always support each other
rarely complains about snow
Subject And Predicate Examples
Notice how the following sentence are divided into subject and predicate: