Worksheet I
- Read the following:
The monkeys took away the basket full of fruits.
Discuss with your friend and try to find out what the sentence is about.
Is it about-
the monkeys,
the basket, or
the fruits?
Remember: The subject tells what/who the sentence is about; the predicate tells more about the subject.
- Look at some more examples.
Neha has bought a book.
Subject: Neha
Predicate: has bought a book
Karan and Rohan were playing tennis.
Subject: Karan and Rohan
Predicate: were playing tennis
The beautiful flower filled the air with its fragrance.
Subject: The beautiful flower
Predicate: filled the air with its fragrance
Do the elephants have any teeth?
Subject: The elephants
Predicate: do have any teeth
Who broke the chair?
Subject: Who
Predicate: broke the chair
Are you Ritu’s brother?
Subject: You
Predicate: are Ritu’s brother
Remember: All sentences (questions, statements, commands) have a subject and a predicate.
Worksheet II
- Divide the following into subject and predicate.
(a) I bought a book of fairy tales yesterday.
Subject: I
Predicate: bought a book of fairy tales yesterday
(b) Cinderella had two step-sisters.
Subject: Cinderella
Predicate: had two step-sisters
(c) The two sisters were very cruel to her.
Subject: The two sisters
Predicate: were very cruel to her
(d) Snow White was a beautiful princess.
Subject: Snow White
Predicate: was a beautiful princess
(e) She was very lonely.
Subject: She
Predicate: was very lonely
(f) Her step-mother wanted to kill her.
Subject: Her step-mother
Predicate: wanted to kill her
(g) Thumbelina could sleep inside a match box.
Subject: Thumbelina
Predicate: could sleep inside a match box
(h) Rapunzel was locked inside a castle.
Subject: Rapunzel
Predicate: was locked inside a castle
(i) She had beautiful golden hair.
Subject: She
Predicate: had beautiful golden hair
(j) All these pretty ladies in the fairy tales become happy at the end.
Subject: All these pretty ladies in the fairy tales
Predicate: become happy at the end
- Read the following sentences from D.3 ‘The Magic Room’ (Unit- Adventure) of
My English Reader and underline the subject in each sentence..
(a) It was a wet and rainy day.
Underline: It
(b) Poppy looked out of the window.
Underline: Poppy
(c) Her parents were on a long holiday.
Underline: Her parents
(d) Aunt Bella had gone out to visit her friend.
Underline: Aunt Bella
(e) A rusted key lay on a small table.
Underline: A rusted key
(f) The walls were decorated with sparkly silver and gold stars.
Underline: The walls
- Match the subjects in Column A with their predicates in Column B.
(a) An aeronautic engineer → makes and maintains aeroplanes
(b) An interior decorator → decorates the houses or offices
(c) A web designer → makes web pages
(d) A news editor → edits the news programmes
(e) A journalist → collects news
(f) An animator → makes animations and cartoons
(g) An event manager → organises and manages an event/function
(h) A music director → composes the music of a song
(i) An architect → designs the layout of a building
(j) A psychologist → studies the behaviour of people
Do It Yourself
- Fill in the blanks with appropriate subject/predicate. One is done as an
example.
(a) Who is your best friend?
(Question; subject: Who, predicate: is your best friend)
(b) My father and I went to the park.
(Subject: My father and I, predicate: went to the park)
(c) His shoes are new.
(Subject: His shoes, predicate: are new)
(d) The Prime Minister hoists the national flag at the Red Fort on 15 August every year.
(Subject: The Prime Minister, predicate: hoists the national flag at the Red Fort on 15 August every year)
(e) Rohit’s friends played football.
(Subject: Rohit’s friends, predicate: played football)
(f) The lion roared loudly.
(Subject: The lion, predicate: roared loudly)
(g) The sky is blue.
(Subject: The sky, predicate: is blue)
(h) Who was the hero of the movie?
(Question; subject: Who, predicate: was the hero of the movie)
- Read the following:
- Open the door.
- Show me your notebook.
The above sentences are command sentences. Can you find the subject in these sentences?
In command sentences, the subject is not mentioned; it is understood.
The above two sentences actually mean:
You open the door.
You show me your notebook.
‘You’ is the subject in these sentences.