Copy each of the following sentences and then bold the subject and underline the predicate.

1. The WAT classes will come to our rooms to get the recycling.

2. We watched book trailers in Barker Hall.

3. The markers, colored pencils, and crayons are on the bookshelves.

4. The neighbor who lives in the big gray house walked his dog.

5. We will have a book project this month.

Answer

1. (The WAT classes-in bold) (will come to our rooms to get the recycling-underlined)

2. (We-in bold) (watched book trailers in Barker Hall-underlined.)

3. (The markers, colored pencils, and crayons-in bold) (are on the bookshelves-underlined)

4. (The neighbor who lives in the big gray house-in bold) (walked his dog-underlined.)

5. (We-in bold) (will have a book project this month-underlined.)

Explanation: The subject is always going to be the one who we are referring to. The predicate, on the other hand, is going to give you information about the subject

In the first example: ' The WAT classes will come to our rooms to get the recycling. ', the Subject is 'The Wat classes'. On the other hand, the predicate gives some information about the subject. It always starts from the first verb of the sentence onwards.

In the first example, 'The WAT classes will come to our rooms to get the recycling.', the predicate starts from 'will' and gets till the end of the sentence.

In the second sentence, 'We watched book trailers in Barker Hall.', 'We' is the subject for being the one that performs the action whereas 'watched book trailers in Barker Hall' is the predicate for being information about what the subject did.

In the third case, ' The markers, colored pencils, and crayons are on the bookshelves.', 'The markers, colored pencils, and crayons' is the subject of the sentence as it is what we are going to get some information on whereas 'are on the bookshelves'. is the predicate for being information about the subject

In the fourth case, 'The neighbor who lives in the big gray house walked his dog.', the subject is a long one which includes a relative clause (small sentence starting with 'who, which, or that' that gives information about something mentioned earlier) 'The neighbor who lives in the big gray house'. This is the subject of the sentence since it is the one who performs some activity. On the other hand, the predicate in this case is 'walked his dog.' for this is information about the subject of the sentence.

In the fifth case, 'We will have a book project this month.', the subject of the sentence is a very short one; the personal pronoun 'We' since it makes reference to the group of people who performs the action. However, the predicate in this case is a long one which gives further information about what we are going to do: 'will have a book project this month.'