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FRIENDS PUBLICATIONS 10 Subject and Predicate A sentence can be separated into two parts: 1. The person, place, thing or emoon that is spoken about. ( ) Naming part 2. What is being said about the person, place, thing or emoon. ( ) Doing part Example: In the above sentence, ‘ ’ is the or . The gardener naming part the subject The or is ‘ ’ as it says something doing part the predicate waters the plants about the naming part ( ). ‘The gardener’ The ‘ ’ thus, is the part of a sentence about which something is said. Subject The ‘ ’ is the part of a sentence which says something about the Predicate subject. Every sentence contains a subject and a verb. A short sentence may consist of only two words, i.e. . He sleeps An imperave sentence expresses an order or a request. It does not have a wrien subject; as, Thank you. ( ) = I thank you. Go away. ( ) = You go away. In these sentences, the subjects ‘ ’ and ‘ ’ are understood. I You A. Separate the following sentences into subject and predicate. 1. Stars twinkle in the sky. 2. They are walking down the road. 3. The monkey sat upon a tree. Naming part (Subject) The gardener # waters the plants. # Doing part (Predicate) Grammar - IV 2

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NS 4. All the students were wearing uniforms. 5. Barking dogs seldom bite.

B. Complete the following sentences by adding suitable predicates.

1. My parents ______________________________________________________________________________ 2. Their house

3. That tree _______________________________________ 4. Those birds _______________________________________ 5. The rainbow _______________________________________

C. Fill in appropriate subjects for the following predicates.

1. is a developing country._______________ 2. is near my house._______________ 3. stopped at the sta�on._______________ 4. is celebrated on 15th August._______________ 5. is a very interes�ng game._______________

D. Join the matching parts to make meaningful sentences. The first one has been done for you.

Subject Predicate

1. _______________ ___________________________

2. _______________ ___________________________

3. _______________ ___________________________

4. _______________ ___________________________

5. _______________ ___________________________

Subject Rest of the sentenceVerb

1. These oranges is in a factory.

2. Maths works mine.

3. My father is playing very sweet.

4. My li�le sister are a scoring subject.

5. That bicycle is with her toys.

1. __________________________________________________________These oranges are very sweet.

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A sentence can be separated into two parts:

1. The person, place, thing or emo�on that is spoken about. ( )Naming part 2. What is being said about the person, place, thing or emo�on. ( )Doing part

Example:

In the above sentence, ‘ ’ is the or .The gardener naming part the subject

The or is ‘ ’ as it says something doing part the predicate waters the plants about the naming part ( ).‘The gardener’ The ‘ ’ thus, is the part of a sentence about which something is said.Subject The ‘ ’ is the part of a sentence which says something about the Predicate subject.

Every sentence contains a subject and a verb. A short sentence may consist of only two words, i.e. .He sleeps An impera�ve sentence expresses an order or a request. It does not have a wri�en subject; as,

Thank you. ( )= I thank you. Go away. ( )= You go away.

In these sentences, the subjects ‘ ’ and ‘ ’ are understood.I You

A. Separate the following sentences into subject and predicate.

1. Stars twinkle in the sky. 2. They are walking down the road. 3. The monkey sat upon a tree.

Naming part(Subject)

The gardener

#

waters the plants.

#Doing part(Predicate)

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NS 4. All the students were wearing uniforms. 5. Barking dogs seldom bite.

B. Complete the following sentences by adding suitable predicates.

1. My parents ______________________________________________________________________________ 2. Their house

3. That tree _______________________________________ 4. Those birds _______________________________________ 5. The rainbow _______________________________________

C. Fill in appropriate subjects for the following predicates.

1. is a developing country._______________ 2. is near my house._______________ 3. stopped at the sta�on._______________ 4. is celebrated on 15th August._______________ 5. is a very interes�ng game._______________

D. Join the matching parts to make meaningful sentences. The first one has been done for you.

Subject Predicate

1. _______________ ___________________________

2. _______________ ___________________________

3. _______________ ___________________________

4. _______________ ___________________________

5. _______________ ___________________________

Subject Rest of the sentenceVerb

1. These oranges is in a factory.

2. Maths works mine.

3. My father is playing very sweet.

4. My li�le sister are a scoring subject.

5. That bicycle is with her toys.

1. __________________________________________________________These oranges are very sweet.

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Subject and Predicate

A sentence can be separated into two parts:

1. The person, place, thing or emo�on that is spoken about. ( )Naming part 2. What is being said about the person, place, thing or emo�on. ( )Doing part

Example:

In the above sentence, ‘ ’ is the or .The gardener naming part the subject

The or is ‘ ’ as it says something doing part the predicate waters the plants about the naming part ( ).‘The gardener’ The ‘ ’ thus, is the part of a sentence about which something is said.Subject The ‘ ’ is the part of a sentence which says something about the Predicate subject.

Every sentence contains a subject and a verb. A short sentence may consist of only two words, i.e. .He sleeps An impera�ve sentence expresses an order or a request. It does not have a wri�en subject; as,

Thank you. ( )= I thank you. Go away. ( )= You go away.

In these sentences, the subjects ‘ ’ and ‘ ’ are understood.I You

A. Separate the following sentences into subject and predicate.

1. Stars twinkle in the sky. 2. They are walking down the road. 3. The monkey sat upon a tree.

Naming part(Subject)

The gardener

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waters the plants.

#Doing part(Predicate)

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NS2. __________________________________________________________

3. __________________________________________________________

4. __________________________________________________________

5. __________________________________________________________

E. Write one sentence to describe the ac�on shown in each of the given pictures. Underline with red and with blue.the subject the predicate

1. _________________

5. _________________

7. _________________

3. _________________

2. _________________

4. _________________

6. _________________

8. _________________

The nega�ve sentence in present con�nuous tense or past con�nuous tense is formed with: am is are not present par�ciple (-ing form) (present cont.) / / + + was were not present par�ciple (-ing form) (past cont.)/ + +

A. Read the following sentences.

Affirma�ve Sentences Nega�ve Sentences

1. She a singer.is2. They good players.are3. I an expert driver.am4. He present there.was5. They students.were

She a singer.is notThey good players.are notI an expert driver.am notHe present there.was notThey students.were not

The sentences on the le� hand side are .Affirma�ve Sentences The sentences on the right hand side are Nega�ve Sentences because they have the word ‘ ’ in them.not Nega�ve sentences express a refusal or denial.

B. Read the following sentences.

Affirma�ve Sentences Nega�ve Sentences

1. The gardener plants.is watering2. The cows .are grazing3. The baby .is crying4. She home.was going5. They the were reading newspaper.

The gardener plants.is not wateringThe cows .are not grazingThe baby .is not cryingShe home.was not goingThey the were not readingnewspaper.

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