Subjects and Predicates

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What is a subject in a sentence?

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The subject is the part of the sentence that tells who or what the sentence is about.

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What is a predicate in a sentence?

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The predicate is the part of the sentence that tells what the subject does or is.

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Identify the subject: The cat sleeps on the mat.

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The cat

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Identify the predicate: The dog barks loudly.

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barks loudly

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What is the subject in this sentence? The flowers bloom in spring.

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The flowers

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What is the predicate in this sentence? The sun shines brightly.

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shines brightly

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Identify the subject: My brother plays soccer.

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My brother

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Identify the predicate: The teacher explains the lesson.

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explains the lesson

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What is the subject in this sentence? The birds are singing.

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The birds

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What is the predicate in this sentence? The kids are playing outside.

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are playing outside