Information on Grammar pertaining to English Speaking

What is a subject?

The subject in a sentence is "who" or "what" you are talking about. Every sentence needs a subject. If you don't have a subject, then the sentence is incorrect and nobody will understand what you are talking about.

In other languages, the subject is not always required. Verbally, the person listening to you will understand what you are talking about, so a subject is not required. In English, a subject is always required.

Here are examples of small sentences with the subject underlined.

"I am hungry"

"My brother is very smart"

"That computer is very expensive"

"We are going to the store now"

"My sister and I will be waiting here"

"The building is very big"

"When are you going to eat lunch?"

"Why are they waiting in line?"

"Who is going to take you to the store?"

SUBJECT AND PREDICATE

SUBJECT AND PREDICATE

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3. When we make a sentence

(1) we name some person or thing; and

(2) We name something about that person or thing.

 In other words, we must have as subject to speak about and we must say or predicate something about that subject.

Hence every sentence has two parts-

(1) The part which names the person or thing we are speaking about .this is called the Subject of the sentence.

(2) The   part which tells something about the Subject.

This is called the Predicate of the sentence.

4. The Subject  of a sentence usually comes first, but occasionally it is put after the Predicate; as,

 Here comes the bus.

Sweet are the uses of adversity.

5. In Imperative sentences the Subject is left out; as,

Sit down. [Here the Subject You is understood].

Thank him. [Here too the Subject You is understood.]