EXERCISES
Exercise 1. Underline subjects in the following sentences:
1. Your coat is very fine.
2. Lions roar in forests.
3. Victor stood first in the test.
4. The flight was late by two hours.
6. The children laughed at the poor man.
7. The boy with a red turban is very gentle.
8. The poor old ox has died today.
9. The early man was a food-gatherer.
10. The king sent for his general.
11. The flames spread everywhere.
12. Robin shot an arrow in the air.
Exercise 2. Underline predicates in the following sentences :
1. The king died of a broken heart.
2. Rama was exiled for 14 years.
3. Cats live on mice.
4. My father runs a bakery.
5. The teacher taught us a new lesson.
6. The dog is a faithful animal.
7. Children are after all children.
8. Everyone is to die one day.
9. Animals and plants depend on each other.
10. All matter is made up of particles.
11. Cackling of the geese saved Rome.
12. Sweet are the uses of adversity.
Exercise 3: Fill up each blank with a subject:
1. ______ reached school in time.
Ans: He/She/They/You
2. ______ was crying for milk.
Ans: The baby/She/He
3. ______ am very tired indeed.
Ans: I
4. ______ climbed up a tree.
Ans: She/He/They/You
5. ______ is an old man.
Ans: He
6. ______ could not solve the sum.
Ans: He/She/They/You
7. ______ looks rising in the east direction daily.
Ans: The Sun
8. ______ is much larger than the moon.
Ans: The earth
9. ______ is the best land of all.
Ans: India/my country
Exercise 4: Fill up each blank with a predicate.
1. The cat _______.
Ans: The cat is sleeping on the mat.
2. The man with a hat ________
Ans: The man with a hat is walking down the street.
3. My house ________
Ans: My house stands on a hill.
4. Our school ________
Ans: Our school opens at 8 a.m.
5. The dog ________
Ans: The dog chases its tail.
6. The hound ________
Ans: The hound hunts in the forest.
7. The train ________
Ans: The train arrives on time.
8. My mother ________
Ans: My mother cooks delicious meals.
9. The thief ________
Ans: The thief escaped through the window.
Exercise 5: Answer these questions.
1. What is a sentence? How many chief parts does it have?
Ans: A sentence is a group of words that expresses a complete thought.
It has two chief parts.
2. Name the two chief parts of a sentence.
Ans: The two chief parts of a sentence are the subject and the predicate.
3. What is a subject? Why is it called so?
Ans: The the subject of a sentence is the noun or pronoun that does the action or about with something is said.
It is called so because this is the "subject of the talk."
4. What is a predicate? Why is it called so?
Ans: The predicate is the part of a sentence that tells what the subject does or is.
It is called so because this part affirms or predicates something about the subject of each sentence.
Exercise 6: Match subjects and predicates Match the subjects in Column A with the predicates in Column B and write the sentences.
Ans: 1. Dogs bark at night.
2. The peacock dances in the rain.
3. The moon shines with sunlight.
4. The moving air is called wind.
5. Our teacher is very strict.
6. Alan is very good at English.
7. The hunter shot at the lion.
8. The earth spins like a top.
9. Food is our basic need.
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