What is Subject?
In a sentence , the thing or a person spoken about which may be a word, a phrase or a clause is the subject. It usually occurs at the beginning of the sentence and obviously before the finite verb.
Who or what the sentence about
What is Predicate?
What is said about the subject is known as Predicate. It is the part of a sentence or clause containing a verb.
Eg. Persues /uplifted his sword.
subject Predicate
The action or state of being the subject is completing
Exception :
- In some cases, subject disappears (hidden).
Eg. (You)Shut the door.
- In very rare cases the subject appears later in the sentence even after the verb.
Eg. Up rose the Gorgons.
What is Object?
Any noun or pronoun or concept that is part of the action of the subject is called object.
Eg. I read a book.
subject object
Exercise:
Find out the subject, object and predicate:
- Large and beautiful tree leaves are covered with thorns.
- Iron is a heavy metal.
- I am reading a book.
- He seeks for fame.
- We must strike at the root of the evil.
- Sam tried to conceal the fact from me.
- The mother brings up her children with care.
- The weaver Gafur had his dwelling on a meadow on the outskirts of the village.
- Prince Siddhartha was wandering about in a garden.
- My room is by the side of the road.
ANSWER
- Large and beautiful tree leaves – Subject
are covered with thorns – Predicate
- Iron – Subject
is a heavy metal — Predicate
metal — Object
- I – Subject
am reading a book — Predicate
a book — Object
- He –Subject
seeks for fame –Predicate
- We –Subject
must strike at the root of the evil –Predicate
- Sam — Subject
tried to conceal the fact from me – Predicate
the fact — Object
- The mother — Subject
brings up her children with care — Predicate
her children —- Object
- The weaver Gafur —- Subject
had his dwelling on a meadow on the outskirts of the village — Predicate
- Prince Siddhartha – Subject
was wandering about in a garden — Predicate
- My room – Subject
is by the side of the road — Predicate
