The document discusses the subject and predicate in sentences. The subject is the person, place, thing or idea that the sentence is about, and is often the "doer" of the verb. The predicate contains the verb and says something about the subject. A sentence's subject can take different forms including nouns, pronouns, noun phrases, infinitive phrases, gerund phrases, and clauses. The subject usually comes before the predicate but there are some cases where it does not, such as in questions or sentences beginning with adverbs.

1. Subject & Predicate

2. The subject of a sentence is that part about which the sentence makes a statement. The subject is often the “doer” of the sentence. The subject is that part of the sentence which tells the person, place, thing or idea referred to by the predicate about which something is being said. The subject of a sentence is the person, place, thing or idea that is doing or “ being” something. You can find the subject of a sentence if you can find the verb. Ask the question, Who or what · verbs or “verbed ”? and the answer to the question is the subject. Subject & Predicate

5. My cousin wears a hat. The committee disliked her proposal. The customer with the red hat stood on the platform. This car stinks. It is raining in Mahahual. It was hot. It is 6 o’clock. Come here immediately. Before assembling the machine, read the instructions carefully. The Sentence: Examples

6. The usual position of the subject is before the predicate, before the verb but there are some cases in which this is not so: In questions: Have you eaten breakfast yet? When a sentence begins with an adverb or an adverbial phrase or clause: Seldom has Hansel so much money in one place. In negative constructions: I don’t believe a word he says, nor does my nephew. Come to think of it, neither does her father After so: I believe her; so does my brother For emphasis and literary effect: Into the jaws of Death, Into the mouth of Hell, rode the three hundred POSITION OF THE SUBJECT

7. There are three cats on the roof. There exist many ways of making you talk. There were many persons there. It is nice to meet you. It is time to go home. It is evident that he is not going to pass the test. It is essential that they come on time tomorrow. EXAMPLES:

8. A noun Moni is my sister. Time is money. A pronoun she is my friend. They didn’t come on time. A noun phrase My friend Moni who works at Cinepolis is now 21 years old. An Infinitive phrase To smoke is bad for the health; to smoke in bed is worse . It is bad for the health to smoke in bed. The forms of the Subject (6 forms)