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Lesson 2: Subjects and Predicates

Look at the following groups of words.

is my friend Do these words tell what or who we are

lives in Kathmandu. talking about?
Are they subjects?

They are not subjects. These words don’t tell who or what we are talking
about. Now, look at the following.

Shyam Do these words tell what or who we are
My friend Shyam talking about?
Are they subjects?

They are subjects. These words tell who we are talking about.

Any noun or pronoun that we talk about is known as the Subject
of a sentence. In Assertive sentences, the subject is usually placed
before the predicate.

Examples: Shyam is my friend. (subject)

A subject often is a doer or performer of an action in a sentence.

In a corner stood my friend Shyam. (subject)
the doer of this action.

A Complete Subject is comprised of more than one part of speech to
construct a subject.

Examples: A middle-aged wise man came up to me. (complete subject)
(a = article, middle-aged = adjective, wise = adjective and
man = noun)

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