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What are the subject and the predicate?

The subject is who or what a sentence is about, and the predicate tells what the subject does or is.

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Examples

  • My brother plays the drums. (The subject is in bold and the rest is the predicate.)
  • The tall tree fell in the storm.
  • Lena and Max are twins.

Tip: Ask who or what first. That is the subject. Everything else is the predicate.

Try three

  1. What is the subject: The little bird built a nest.

    Show the answer and why
    Answer: The little bird
    It is who the sentence is about.

  2. What is the predicate: My mom drives a bus.

    Show the answer and why
    Answer: drives a bus
    It tells what my mom does.

  3. Is this a whole sentence: Ran down the hill.

    Show the answer and why
    Answer: No
    It has a predicate but no subject. It does not say who ran.

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