Subject and Predicate - āωāĻĻā§āĻĻ⧇āĻļā§āϝ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ§ā§‡ā§Ÿ

In a sentence, the subject and the predicate are two essential parts. āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝ⧇ ‘Subject’ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ ‘Predicate’ āĻĻ⧁āϟāĻŋ āĻ…āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻšāĻžāĻ°ā§āϝ āĻ…āĻ‚āĻļāĨ¤

 

āωāĻĻā§āĻĻ⧇āĻļā§āϝ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ§ā§‡ā§Ÿ āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āϞāĻžāϝāĻŧ Subject āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ Predicate āĻāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšā§ƒāϤ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĨ¤

Subject - āωāĻĻā§āĻĻ⧇āĻļā§āϝ āĻŦāĻž āĻ•āĻ°ā§āϤāĻž

The subject is the part of a sentence that tells us who or what the sentence is about. It typically includes a noun or pronoun, and it indicates the doer of the action or the one being described.

Subject āĻŦāĻž āωāĻĻā§āĻĻ⧇āĻļā§āϝ āĻšāϞ⧋ āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝ⧇āϰ āϏ⧇āχ āĻ…āĻ‚āĻļ, āϝāĻž āĻŦāϞ⧇ āϕ⧇ āĻŦāĻž āϕ⧀ āĻ•āĻžāϜāϟāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāϛ⧇ āĻŦāĻž āϝāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϕ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝāϟāĻŋ āĻŦāϞāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤ āĻāϟāĻŋ āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖāϤ āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝ⧇āϰ āĻ•āĻ°ā§āϤāĻž āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻāϟāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļ⧇āĻˇā§āϝ (noun) āĻŦāĻž āϏāĻ°ā§āĻŦāύāĻžāĻŽ (pronoun) āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤

Example (āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ):

  • The bird is flying.

Here, “The bird” is the subject, as it tells us who is performing the action.

 

  • āĻĒāĻžāĻ–āĻŋāϟāĻŋ āωāĻĄāĻŧāϛ⧇āĨ¤

āĻāĻ–āĻžāύ⧇, “āĻĒāĻžāĻ–āĻŋāϟāĻŋ” āĻšāϞ⧋ āωāĻĻā§āĻĻ⧇āĻļā§āϝ (subject), āĻ•āĻžāϰāĻŖ āĻāϟāĻŋ āĻ•āĻžāϜāϟāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāϛ⧇ (āωāĻĄāĻŧāϛ⧇)āĨ¤

Predicate - āĻŦāĻŋāĻ§ā§‡ā§Ÿ

The predicate is the part of the sentence that tells us what the subject is doing or what is happening to the subject. It typically includes the verb and gives information about the subject.

Predicate āĻŦāĻž āĻŦāĻŋāĻ§ā§‡ā§Ÿ āĻšāϞ⧋ āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝ⧇āϰ āϏ⧇āχ āĻ…āĻ‚āĻļ, āϝāĻž āωāĻĻā§āĻĻ⧇āĻļā§āϝ āĻŦāĻž subject āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϕ⧇ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āĻŦāϞ⧇āĨ¤ āĻāϟāĻŋ āĻŦāϞ⧇ subject āϕ⧀ āĻ•āϰāϛ⧇ āĻŦāĻž subject-āĻāϰ āĻ…āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻž āϕ⧀āĨ¤ Predicate āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖāϤ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž (verb) āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϤāĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻ•āĻŋāϤ āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝ⧇āϰ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϝāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻ…āĻ‚āĻļ āĻĨāĻžāϕ⧇āĨ¤

Example (āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ):

  • The bird is flying.

In this case, “is flying” is the predicate, as it tells us what the bird is doing.

 

  • āĻĒāĻžāĻ–āĻŋāϟāĻŋ āωāĻĄāĻŧāϛ⧇āĨ¤

āĻāĻ–āĻžāύ⧇, “āωāĻĄāĻŧāϛ⧇” āĻšāϞ⧋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ§ā§‡ā§Ÿ (predicate), āĻ•āĻžāϰāĻŖ āĻāϟāĻŋ āĻŦāϞ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāĻšā§āϛ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāĻ–āĻŋāϟāĻŋ āϕ⧀ āĻ•āϰāϛ⧇āĨ¤

Subject vs Predicate

Difference between Subject and Predicate:

  • Subject: Who or what the sentence is about.
  • āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝāϟāĻŋ ‘āϕ⧇ āĻŦāĻž āĻ•āĻŋ’ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϕ⧇āĨ¤
  • Predicate: What the subject is doing or what is being said about the subject.
  • ‘Subject’ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻ•āϰāϛ⧇ āĻŦāĻž ‘Subject’ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻŦāϞāĻž āĻšāĻšā§āϛ⧇āĨ¤

They combine to form a complete sentence, where the subject performs the action or is described, and the predicate provides the action or description.

 

Subject āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ Predicate āĻāĻ•āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āĻŽāĻŋāϞāĻŋāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖāĻžāĻ™ā§āĻ— āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝ āĻ—āĻ āύ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤ āĻāĻ–āĻžāύ⧇, subject āĻ•āĻžāϜāϟāĻŋ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻŦāĻž āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻŖāĻŋāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧ, āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ predicate āϏ⧇āχ āĻ•āĻžāϜāϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻž āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻŖāύāĻžāϟāĻŋ āϏāϰāĻŦāϰāĻžāĻš āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ ā§§: The boy is running.

  • Subject (āωāĻĻā§āĻĻ⧇āĻļā§āϝ): The boy

    • āĻāĻ–āĻžāύ⧇, The boy āĻšāϞ⧋ subject, āĻ•āĻžāϰāĻŖ āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝāϟāĻŋ “āϛ⧇āϞ⧇āϟāĻŋ” āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϕ⧇ āĻŦāϞāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨāĻžā§Ž, āϕ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāϜāϟāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāϛ⧇, āϏ⧇āϟāĻž subject āĻšāĻŋāϏ⧇āĻŦ⧇ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻ⧇āĻļāĻŋāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
    • āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āϞāĻžāϝāĻŧ: āϛ⧇āϞ⧇āϟāĻŋ (āωāĻĻā§āĻĻ⧇āĻļā§āϝ āĻŦāĻž āĻ•āĻ°ā§āϤāĻž)
  • Predicate (āĻŦāĻŋāϧ⧇āϝāĻŧ): is running

    • āĻāĻ–āĻžāύ⧇, is running āĻšāϞ⧋ predicate, āĻ•āĻžāϰāĻŖ āĻāϟāĻŋ āĻŦāϞāϛ⧇ āϝ⧇ subject (āϛ⧇āϞ⧇āϟāĻŋ) āϕ⧀ āĻ•āϰāϛ⧇āĨ¤ Predicate āĻ verb “is” āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ “running” āφāϛ⧇, āϝāĻž āϛ⧇āϞ⧇āϟāĻŋāϰ āĻ•āĻžāϜ (āĻĻ⧌āĻĄāĻŧāĻžāύ⧋) āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻŖāύāĻž āĻ•āϰāϛ⧇āĨ¤
    • āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āϞāĻžāϝāĻŧ: āĻĻ⧌āĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻšā§āϛ⧇ (āĻŦāĻŋāϧ⧇āϝāĻŧ)

āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖāĻžāĻ™ā§āĻ— āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž:

  • āĻāĻ–āĻžāύ⧇, āϛ⧇āϞ⧇āϟāĻŋ āύāĻŋāĻœā§‡ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻĻ⧌āĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻšā§āϛ⧇āĨ¤ Subject (āϛ⧇āϞ⧇āϟāĻŋ) āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ Predicate (āĻĻ⧌āĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻšā§āϛ⧇) āĻŽāĻŋāϞ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖāĻžāĻ™ā§āĻ— āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝ āĻ—āĻ āύ āĻ•āϰāϛ⧇, āϝāĻž subject āĻāϰ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻŖāύāĻž āĻ•āϰāϛ⧇āĨ¤

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ ⧍: The boy has been killed.

  • Subject (āωāĻĻā§āĻĻ⧇āĻļā§āϝ): The boy

    • āĻāĻ–āĻžāύ⧇, The boy āĻšāϞ⧋ subject, āĻ•āĻžāϰāĻŖ āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝāϟāĻŋ “āϛ⧇āϞ⧇āϟāĻŋ” āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϕ⧇ āĻŦāϞāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤ āϤāĻŦ⧇, āĻāχ āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝ⧇ āϛ⧇āϞ⧇āϟāĻŋ āύāĻŋāĻœā§‡ āϕ⧋āύ⧋ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻ•āϰāϛ⧇ āύāĻž, āĻŦāϰāĻ‚ āϏ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϘāϟāύāĻžāϰ āĻļāĻŋāĻ•āĻžāϰāĨ¤
    • āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āϞāĻžāϝāĻŧ: āϛ⧇āϞ⧇āϟāĻŋ (āωāĻĻā§āĻĻ⧇āĻļā§āϝ āĻŦāĻž āĻ•āĻ°ā§āϤāĻž)
  • Predicate (āĻŦāĻŋāϧ⧇āϝāĻŧ): has been killed

    • āĻāĻ–āĻžāύ⧇, has been killed āĻšāϞ⧋ predicate, āĻ•āĻžāϰāĻŖ āĻāϟāĻŋ āĻŦāϞāϛ⧇ subject (āϛ⧇āϞ⧇āϟāĻŋ) āĻāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āϕ⧀ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤ āĻāĻ–āĻžāύ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāϜāϟāĻŋ (āĻŽāĻžāϰāĻž āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž) āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϝ āϕ⧇āω āϛ⧇āϞ⧇āϟāĻŋāϰ āωāĻĒāϰ āϘāϟāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤ Predicate āĻ verb phrase “has been killed” āφāϛ⧇, āϝāĻž subject-āĻāϰ āĻ…āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāϰ (āĻŽā§ƒāĻ¤ā§āϝ⧁) āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻŖāύāĻž āĻ•āϰāϛ⧇āĨ¤
    • āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āϞāĻžāϝāĻŧ: āĻŽāĻžāϰāĻž āϗ⧇āϛ⧇ āĻŦāĻž āĻšāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇ (āĻŦāĻŋāϧ⧇āϝāĻŧ) (āϤāĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āϕ⧀ āĻšā§Ÿā§‡āϛ⧇)

āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖāĻžāĻ™ā§āĻ— āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž:

  • āĻāχ āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝ⧇ āϛ⧇āϞ⧇āϟāĻŋ āύāĻŋāĻœā§‡ āϕ⧋āύ⧋ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻ•āϰāϛ⧇ āύāĻž, āĻŦāϰāĻ‚ āϤāĻžāϰ āωāĻĒāϰ āĻ•āĻžāϜāϟāĻŋ (āĻšāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻž) āϏāĻ‚āϘāϟāĻŋāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨāĻžā§Ž, āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝ⧇ subject (āϛ⧇āϞ⧇āϟāĻŋ) āϕ⧇ passive āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻžāύ⧋ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇, āϝ⧇āĻ–āĻžāύ⧇ āϏ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāĻœā§‡āϰ āĻļāĻŋāĻ•āĻžāϰāĨ¤ Predicate āĻāĻ–āĻžāύ⧇ subject āĻāϰ āϏāĻ™ā§āϗ⧇ āϘāϟāĻŋāϤ āϘāϟāύāĻž (āĻŽāĻžāϰāĻž āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž) āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻŖāύāĻž āĻ•āϰāϛ⧇āĨ¤

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ ā§§ vs āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ ⧍:

  • The boy is running: āĻāĻ–āĻžāύ⧇ āϛ⧇āϞ⧇āϟāĻŋ āύāĻŋāĻœā§‡ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ•āĻžāϜ (āĻĻ⧌āĻĄāĻŧāĻžāύ⧋) āĻ•āϰāϛ⧇, āϤāĻžāχ āĻāϟāĻž active āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝāĨ¤
  • The boy has been killed: āĻāĻ–āĻžāύ⧇ āϛ⧇āϞ⧇āϟāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϘāϟāύāĻžāϰ āĻļāĻŋāĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇ (āĻšāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻž), āϏ⧇ āύāĻŋāĻœā§‡ āĻ•āĻžāϜāϟāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāϛ⧇ āύāĻž, āϤāĻžāχ āĻāϟāĻž passive āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝāĨ¤

So, subject āĻŦāϞ⧇ āĻĻā§‡ā§Ÿ āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝ⧇āϰ āĻŽā§‚āϞ āĻŦā§āϝāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻŦāĻž āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧁ āϕ⧇ āĻŦāĻž āϕ⧀,

āφāϰ predicate āĻŦāϞ⧇ āĻĻā§‡ā§Ÿ āϏ⧇āχ āĻŦā§āϝāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻŦāĻž āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧁āϟāĻŋ āϕ⧀ āĻ•āϰāϛ⧇, āĻŦāĻž āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ…āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻž āϕ⧀, āĻŦāĻž āϤāĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āϕ⧀ āĻšāĻšā§āϛ⧇, āĻŦāĻž āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āωāĻĻā§āĻĻ⧇āĻļā§āĻ¯Â āĻ•āϰ⧇ āϕ⧋āύ⧋ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻšāĻšā§āϛ⧇ āĻ•āĻŋāύāĻžāĨ¤

More Examples of Subject and Predicate:

Subject Predicate
The dog is barking.
Rana works hard.
This website is awesome.
She has gone mad.
Pahela Baishakh is celebrated every year.

Check Your Understanding: Subject and Predicate

Identify the subject:

The bird is flying.


Identify the predicate:

The boy has been killed.


Which sentence has an active subject?


Which of the following is the correct subject-predicate pair?


What is the predicate in the following sentence?

Rana works hard.

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