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Look at the following groups of words
Shyam Do these words tell something about
My friend Shyam someone or something?
Are they predicates?
They are not predicates. These words don’t tell anything about anyone
or anything.
Now, look at the following groups of words.
is a good friend. Do these words tell something about
lives in Jhapa. someone or something?
Are they predicates?
They are predicates. These words tell something about the subjects like
‘Shyam’ and ‘My friend Shyam’.
The part which tells something about the subject
is called the Predicate of the sentence.
Example: Shyam is a good friend. (predicate)
A predicate gives information about the subject.
A Complete Predicate is comprised of all word classes like verbs,
prepositions, conjunctions, nouns, etc.
Example: Shyam fell off his bicycle. (complete predicate)
fell = verb, off = preposition, his = adjective and bicycle = noun
A Simple Predicate is the verb – both action and state verbs in the
Complete Predicate.
Examples: My friend Shyam catches the thief. (action verb)
(simple predicate)
My friend Shyam is a policeman. (state verb)
(simple predicate)
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