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Grammar
Read the following sentence.
The king looks at the dolls, puzzled.
A sentence has two parts:
• Subject: It tells us who or what the sentence is about. It can be a noun, pronoun or
a group of words.
• Predicate: It is a single word or a group of words that tells us something about the
subject. The predicate always contains a verb.
Let’s see the subject and the predicate of the sentence given.
The king looks at the dolls, puzzled.
subject predicate
Look at a few more examples:
subject predicate
I have accepted the merchant’s challenge.
The people of the court are talking among themselves.
Tenali has solved the puzzle.
A. Circle the subject and underline the predicate in each of the following
sentences.
1. Mr Mohan was rude to the teachers.
2. New Delhi is the capital of India.
3. Misha and her brother went swimming.
4. The giant was selfish.
5. The rose is red and smells sweet.
6. The big dragon spits fire from its mouth.
7. My aunt is a smart woman.
8. Haider ran a marathon yesterday.
B. Add subjects or predicates to complete the following sentences.
1. ______________________________________________ was a famous wizard.
2. Clouds ________________________________________________________.
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