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1 1 The Sentence
Warm-up
Match the subjects (A) and the predicates (B) to make sentences.
A B
1. My neighbour are neighbours.
2. The police has two dogs.
3. The boys can contain more items.
4. This carton are playing hockey.
5. India and Pakistan are investigating the matter.
The group of words that are put together to form a complete sense is called a sentence.
1. I met him in the park today. 2. My younger brother is at university.
A sentence must have a subject and a predicate.
The Subject
The subject of a sentence is the noun or pronoun that does an action or about which something
is said. It is generally the naming part.
1. The poor little girl has no shoes. 2. My mother brought new dresses for us.
Subject Subject
The Predicate
The predicate of a sentence tells something about its subject. This is the saying part.
Part of a sentence excluding the subject is the predicate.
1. The poor little girl has no shoes. 2. My mother brought new dresses for us.
Predicate Predicate
In example 1, the first group of words 'The poor little girl' is a noun phrase, about which something is
said. This part is called the subject, but the second group of words 'has no shoes' states the action that
the noun does. This part is called the predicate. Thus, predicate tells something about the subject.
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