English grammar of WREN & MARTIN made easy

 

SUBJECT AND PREDICATE

The Golden Rule for Finding Subject and Predicate

Before we look at the specific sentences, here is the easiest trick to figure this out every time:

  1. Find the Verb: First, identify the action or state of being in the sentence.

  2. Ask "Who?" or "What?": Put "Who" or "What" directly in front of that verb. The answer to that question is your Subject.

  3. The Rest is Predicate: Everything else in the sentence (including the verb itself) tells us something about the subject, making it the Predicate.

Here is the breakdown for the first ten sentences applying this rule.

1. The cackling of geese saved Rome.

  • Verb: saved

  • Ask: What saved Rome? -> The cackling of geese. (Subject)

  • Predicate: What did the cackling of geese do? -> saved Rome.

2. The boy stood on the burning deck.

  • Verb: stood

  • Ask: Who stood? -> The boy. (Subject)

  • Predicate: What did the boy do? -> stood on the burning deck.

3. Tubal Cain was a man of might.

  • Verb: was

  • Ask: Who was? -> Tubal Cain. (Subject)

  • Predicate: What is being said about Tubal Cain? -> was a man of might.

4. Stone walls do not make a prison.

  • Verb: do (not) make

  • Ask: What do not make a prison? -> Stone walls. (Subject)

  • Predicate: What about stone walls? -> do not make a prison.

5. The singing of the birds delights us.

  • Verb: delights

  • Ask: What delights us? -> The singing of the birds. (Subject) (Note: The whole phrase acts together as the subject, not just "birds" or "singing".)

  • Predicate: What does the singing do? -> delights us.

6. Miss Kitty was rude at the table one day.

  • Verb: was

  • Ask: Who was rude? -> Miss Kitty. (Subject)

  • Predicate: What is said about her? -> was rude at the table one day.

7. He has a good memory.

  • Verb: has

  • Ask: Who has a good memory? -> He. (Subject)

  • Predicate: What does he have? -> has a good memory.

8. Bad habits grow unconsciously.

  • Verb: grow

  • Ask: What grows? -> Bad habits. (Subject)

  • Predicate: What do they do? -> grow unconsciously.

9. The earth revolves round the sun.

  • Verb: revolves

  • Ask: What revolves? -> The earth. (Subject)

  • Predicate: What does the earth do? -> revolves round the sun.

10. Nature is the best physician.

  • Verb: is

  • Ask: What is the best physician? -> Nature. (Subject)

  • Predicate: What is said about nature? -> is the best physician.

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