English grammar of WREN & MARTIN made easy-Subject and Predicate

 

SUBJECT & PREDICATE

Exercise 1 Answers (1-10)

1. The cackling of geese saved Rome.

• Subject: The cackling of geese

• Predicate: saved Rome

2. The boy stood on the burning deck.

• Subject: The boy

• Predicate: stood on the burning deck

3. Tubal Cain was a man of might.

• Subject: Tubal Cain

• Predicate: was a man of might

4. Stone walls do not make a prison. (Note: Some older editions use the original poetic phrasing "do not a prison make")

• Subject: Stone walls

• Predicate: do not make a prison (or do not a prison make)

5. The singing of the birds delights us.

• Subject: The singing of the birds

• Predicate: delights us

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

• Subject: Miss Kitty

• Predicate: was rude at the table one day

7. He has a good memory.

• Subject: He

• Predicate: has a good memory

8. Bad habits grow unconsciously.

• Subject: Bad habits

• Predicate: grow unconsciously

9. The earth revolves round the sun.

• Subject: The earth

• Predicate: revolves round the sun

10. Nature is the best physician.

• Subject: Nature

• Predicate: is the best physician