Functional English 02. Subject and Predicate, Their Types

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1. Subject and Predicate, Their Types
Lecture No. 1 (ii)
Zafar Ullah, [email protected]

2. Every complete sentence contains two
parts: a subject and a predicate.
Subject: Doer of an action
The subjectis what (or whom) the
sentence is about, while the
predicatetells something about the
subject.
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3. How to Find Verb, Subject, Object
Find Verb.
Raise the question, Who. Answer is subject.
Combine subject and verb, raise question,
what. Answer is object.
Hereadsa newspaper.
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4. Find Subject and Predicate
We spilled popcorn on the floor.
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5. Find the Subjectand Predicate
1.My little brother broke his finger.
2.His Uncle Bob asked for directions.
3.Those soldiers carried guns.
4.Our babysitter arrived late.
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6. Simple Subject and Simple Predicate
Every subject is built
around one noun or
pronoun (or more). When
all other words are
removed the simple
subjectis left.
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7. Simple Subject
A pieceof chocolatewould
taste great.
The main word in the subjectis the noun
“chocolate,” so “chocolate'' is the simple
subject.
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8. Find the Simple Subject
1.My little brother broke his finger.
2.His Uncle Bob asked for directions.
3.Those soldiers carried guns.
4.Our babysitter arrived late.
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9. Solution
1.My littlebrotherbroke his finger.
2.His Uncle Bob asked for directions.
3.Those soldierscarried guns.
4.Our babysitterarrived late.
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10. Simple Predicate
A simple predicateis
always the verb or
verbs that links up with
the subject.
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11. Simple Predicate
A piece of chocolate candy
would tastegreat.
The simple predicate is ``would
taste'' --in other words,
the verb of the sentence.
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12. Find the Simple Predicate
1.My little brother broke his finger.
2.His Uncle Bob has asked for
directions.
3.Those soldiers carried guns.
4.Our babysitter had arrived late.
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13. Solution
1.My little brother brokehis finger.
2.His Uncle Bob hasaskedfor
directions.
3.Those soldiers carriedguns.
4.Our babysitter had arrived late.
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14. Compound Subject
A sentence may have a
compound subject--a
simple subject made up of
more than one noun or
pronoun.
No Doubt
ACDC
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15. Find the compound subjects
Team pennants,
rock posters and
family
photographs
covered the boy's
bedroom walls.
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16. Find the compound subjects
Her uncle and she walked
slowly through the art gallery
and admired the beautiful
pictures exhibited there.
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17. Solution
Her uncleand shewalked
slowly through the art gallery
and admired the beautiful
pictures exhibited there.
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18. Find Compound Subject
1.My little brother and my cousin broke their
fingers.
2.His Uncle Bob and Aunt Betty asked for
directions.
3.Those soldiers and agents carried guns.
4.Our babysitter and her friend arrived late.
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19. Solution
1.My littlebrotherand mycousinbroke their
fingers.
2.His Uncle BobandAunt Bettyasked for
directions.
3.Those soldiersandagentscarried guns.
4.Our babysitterand herfriendarrived late.
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20. Compound Predicate
A compound predicate, is more
than one verb relating to the
same subject.
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21. Find the compound predicate
Mother mopped and
scrubbed the kitchen floor.
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22. Solution
Mother moppedand
scrubbedthe kitchen floor.
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23. Find the compound predicate
1.My little brother had bruised and
broken his finger.
2.His Uncle Bob looked and asked for
directions.
3.Those soldiers carried and used guns.
4.Our babysitter has overslept and
arrived late.
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24. Solution
1.My little brother hadbruisedand
brokenhis finger.
2.His Uncle Bob lookedandaskedfor
directions.
3.Those soldiers carriedandusedguns.
4.Our babysitter hasoversleptand
arrivedlate.
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