Exercise 1.Underline subjects in the following sentences:
1. Your coat is very fine.
2. Lions roars in forests.
3. Peter stood first in the test.
4. The train was late by two hours.
5. Hounds chase the running hare.
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. Early man was a food- gatherer.
10. The king sent for his general.
11. The flames spread everywhere.
12. Ram shot an arrow in the air.
Exercise 2. Underline predicate 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 horse 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 of particles.
11. The cackling of 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: We reached school in time.
2. ____ was crying for milk.
Ans: The baby was crying for milk.
3. ____ very tired indeed.
Ans: I am very tired indeed.
4. ____ climbed up a tree.
Ans: The man climbed up a tree.
5. ____ is an old man.
Ans: He is an old man.
6. ____ could not solve the sum.
Ans: The students could not solve the
sum.
7. ____ looks rising in the east
direction daily.
Ans: The Sun looks rising in the east
direction daily.
8. ____ is much larger than the
moon.
Ans: The Earth is much larger than the
moon.
9. ____ is best land of all.
Ans: India is best land of all.
Exercise 4. Fill up each blank with a predicate.
1. The cat ___________________________.
Ans: likes milk.
2. The man with a hat ________________.
Ans: is our guide.
3. My house _________________________.
Ans: is very big.
4. Our school ________________________.
Ans: is very good.
5. The dog ___________________________.
Ans: barks at night.
6. The hound _________________________.
Ans: chased the running deer.
7. The train ___________________________.
Ans: runs very fast.
8. My mother _________________________.
Ans: cooks food for us.
9. The thief ___________________________.
Ans: stole the gold.
Exercise 5. Answer these questions:
1. What is a sentence? How many chief
parts has it?
Ans: A sentence is a group of words
Set in the proper order that makes sense.
It has two parts.
2. Name the two chief parts of a
sentence.
Ans: The two chief parts of a sentence
are Subject and Predicate.
3. What is a subject? Why is it called
so?
Ans: A subject is a noun or pronoun
that does the action or about which
something is said.
It is so called because this part is
the "subject of the talk in each sentence.
4. What is a predicate? Why is it called
so?
Ans: A predicate of a sentence is the
word-group that predicates or affirms
something about its subject.
Exercise 6. Here are two columns A and B. In column A is given the subjects and in column B are given the predicates. Math them and write the sentences in your copy-book:
A B
Subjects Predicates
Dogs is very strict
The peacock shines with sunlight
The moon is called wind.
The moving air dances in the rain
Our teacher. bark at night.
Mohan is our basic need.
The hunter spins like a top.
The Earth is very good at English.
Food shot at the lion.
Ans: Dogs bark at night.
The peacock dances in the rain.
The moon shines with sunlight.
The moving air is called wind.
Our teacher is very strict.
Mohan is very good at English
The hunter shot at the lion.
The earth spins like a top.
Food is our basic need.
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