Every sentence has a Subject and a Predicate. The subject is the thing or the person we are talking about. The Predicate is what we say about the Subject. Let us look at the following sentences:
1. He works hard.
2. The old car is running.
3. Cows eat grass.
4. Rashid will come tonight.
5. Can you read the book?
Subject Predicate
1. He works hard.
2. The old car is running fast.
3. Cows eat grass.
4. Rashid will come tonight.
5. You can read the book.
The first part is the person or thing we are talking about. It is the Subject (of our talk). The second part is what we say about the Subject. This part is the Predicate.
To find the Subject of a Sentence, take the Verb (i.e.the word which tells what a thing or person does, such as eats, runs, works, etc.) and ask the question “Who?” or “What?” We can always find the subject in this way. The rest of the Sentence is the Predicate. For example, let us take the Sentence “He works hard.” To find the subject of this Sentence, we take the Verb “works” and ask the question “Who works hard?” The answer we get is “He” is therefore the Subject of this Sentence.
As a rule, the Subject comes before the Predicate. The Subject is a Noun or a Pronoun or some words doing the work of a Noun. We will learn about the Noun and the Pronoun below.
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