Subject & Predicate

Sentence Structure beginner easy

Every sentence splits into subject and predicate.

Sentence Structure — How sentences are built and transformed.

Rules

1. Subject: who or what the sentence is about (usually a noun/pronoun). 2. Predicate: what is said about the subject (verb + rest). 3. Find the subject by asking "who/what + verb?". 4. The subject usually comes first, but in questions it follows the auxiliary: "Are you ready?"

Explanation

"The birds | are singing." Here "the birds" is the subject and "are singing" is the predicate. The predicate always contains the finite verb.

हिंदी में

हर वाक्य में कर्ता (subject) और विधेय (predicate) होता है। कर्ता बताता है कि वाक्य किसके बारे में है।

Examples

Practice Questions

Q1. Every complete sentence has a subject and a predicate.

Answer: True

💡 A sentence needs both parts.

Q2. In "The children are playing in the park", what is the predicate?

Answer: are playing in the park

💡 The predicate is everything said about the subject.

Q3. In "The bird sings sweetly", what is the subject?

Answer: The bird

💡 The subject is the doer: The bird.

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Related Topics in Sentence Structure

TopicLevelWhat it covers
Subject-Verb AgreementelementaryThe verb must agree with its subject in number and person.
ObjectselementaryDirect and indirect objects receive the action of the verb.
ComplementselementarySubject and object complements complete the meaning of the sentence.
PhraseelementaryA phrase is a group of words without a subject-verb unit.
ClauseintermediateA clause is a group of words with a subject and a verb.
Sentence TypeselementarySentences are classified by function: statement, question, command, exclamation.

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