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Newnaja Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

How to identify "subject" or "predicate" in these sentences

I am so curious of some issue of predicate and subject from the following sentences below.

  1. I am talking with my girlfriend while I am standing out of my house.

  2. My father drives a car to work each day as I still walk to school nowadays.

  3. Today all my toys are still there.

  4. Next week my little brother will come from china.

  • For sentence 1, Does predicate include "while I am standing out of my house" and if not , why?

  • For sentence 2, Does predicate include "as I still walk to school nowadays" and if not , why?

  • For sentence 3, Is subject "my toys" or "all my toys" or "Today all my toys"?

  • For sentence 4, Is subject "my little brother" or "next week my little brother"?

  • In sentence 1, If I change conjunction from "while" to "and", Does predicate include subclause after "my girlfriend"?

  • In sentence 3 and 4, Is It is neccessary to have comma after "Today" and "Next week" and if not , please show me that case ?

  • Finally question, Could I use adverb in front of question sentence like all above sentence? PS. Thank you in advance for every comment.

  

Top answer

The complete predicate of a sentence includes EVERYTHING except the noun phrase that forms the subject. I have underlined the subjects (and mistakes are corrected in red ): I am talking with my girlfriend while I am standing outside my house. My father drives a car to work each day , but I still walk to school nowadays.

— Mister Micawber

  • The complete predicate of a sentence includes EVERYTHING except the noun phrase that forms the subject.
  • I have underlined the subjects (and mistakes are corrected in red ): I am talking with my girlfriend while I am standing outside my house.
  • My father drives a car to work each day , but I still walk to school nowadays.
  • Today all my toys are still there.
  • Next week my little brother will come from China .
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The complete predicate of a sentence includes EVERYTHING except the noun phrase that forms the subject. I have underlined the subjects (and mistakes are corrected in red):

I am talking with my girlfriend while I am standing outside my house.

My father

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