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English for Tourism & Hospitality (102) by Prof. Adel AlSheikh

The predicate contains information about the someone or something that is the
subject. The example sentences above are shown again, this time with the
predicate shown in bold.

 John often comes late to class.
 My friend and I both have a dog named Spot.
 Many parts of the Asian coastline were destroyed by a tsunami in 2004.
 The old hotel at the end of the street is going to be knocked down to

make way for a new supermarket.
 Sitting in a tree at the bottom of the garden was a huge black bird with

long blue tail feathers.
 The grade 7 Egyptian boy who has just started the ICDL course speaks

excellent English.
 On Saturdays I never get up before 9 o'clock.
 Before giving a test, the teacher should make sure that the students

are well-prepared.
 Lying on the sofa watching old films is my favorite hobby.

Subject /predicate Quiz:

For each of the following simple sentences, identify whether the bald
underlined words are subject or predicate:

1. The boy ate the apple.
2. The boy ate the apple.
3. I need help with this math problem.
4. Next week my grandmother is coming from Canada.
5. My favorite team is Real Madrid.

6. Real Madrid is my favorite team.
7. Football is played in every country in the world.
8. Yasmin yawned.
9. My expensive new watch has stopped.

10. Sitting on the roof of my house was a huge black bird.
11. After dinner I like to have a little sleep in front of the television.

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