The document discusses the subject and predicate in sentences. The subject is the doer of the action in a sentence, typically a noun or pronoun, that comes before the predicate. The predicate contains the verb and any other elements and describes the action performed by the subject. Some examples are provided to illustrate identifying the subject and predicate in different types of sentences. The key difference between a subject and predicate is that the subject is who or what the sentence is about, while the predicate describes the action done by the subject.

1. ACADEMIC READING AND
WRITING
SUBJECT AND PREDICATE

2. INTRODUCTION
A simple active sentence structure is
SUBJECT+VERB+OBJECT
I like Mangoes.
• The doer of a work or a action is called subject. “I” is a subject in above sentence.
• The work / action that the subject do / act is called verb. ”like” is a verb.
• The Receiver of the work or act of the subject is called object. “Mangoes” is object
• Subject and Object are always a noun or a pronoun

3. Subject
Subject is the doer of a sentence; in other words, it is the subject that
tells us who or what performs the action denoted by the verb. To find
the subject, find the main verb of the sentence first, and then ask the
question ‘who’ or ‘what.’ For example,
The child laughed. – Who laughed?
The cat chased the rat – Who chased the rat?
He was killed in a car accident. – Who was killed?
There are three books on the table. – What are on the table?
After the rain, the children ran out to play. – Who ran out?
Alison likes to eat ice cream. – Who likes to eat ice cream?
The students of the Bandera University went on a trip. – Who went on a
trip?

4. Subject
The subject in a simple English sentence such as Jamil runs, Jamil is a teacher,
or Jamil was run over by a car ,is the person or thing about whom the
statement is made, in this case Jamil Traditionally the subject is the word
or phrase which controls the verb in the clause that is to say with which the
verb agrees (John is but Jamil and Maria are). If there is no verb, as in Jamil -
what an idiot!, or if the verb has a different subject, as in Jamil - I can't stand
him!, then 'Jamil is not considered to be the grammatical subject, but can be
described as the topic of the sentence.

5. Predicate
Predicate indicates the action performed by the subject. The main verb is
the main part of the predicate. In addition, the predicate can contain direct
objects, indirect objects, and other various elements. When you separate
the subject from a sentence, everything else left belong to the predicate. The
predicate is underlined in the following example sentences:
The girls in our office are pretty.
Sally lied to the teacher.
Amir loves to eat ice cream.
Students of Sherwood University went on a field trip.
She stole my books last week.
He went outside to get some air.
What I don’t understand is your indifference to their problems.
She is an excellent teacher, with 26 years of experience.

6. Difference between Subject and Predicate
Function
Subject tells us what or who the sentence is about.
Predicate describes the action performed by the subject.
Action
Subject is the person or thing performing the action.
Predicate indicates the action performed by the subject.
Elements
Subject is usually a noun, pronoun or noun phrase.
Predicate contains the verb, objects, and other elements.
Order
Subject usually precedes the predicate.
Predicate typically comes after the subject.