Test: Subject Verb Agreement- 2 - Class 5 MCQ

The predicate in a sentence is the part that tells us what the subject does or is. In the sentence "He laughed at the joke," the predicate is "laughed at the joke."

• Predicate: Tells what the subject does.
• In this case, it includes "laughed" and the phrase "at the joke."
• The predicate does not include the subject "He."

Therefore, the correct answer is B: "laughed at the joke"

The subject of a sentence is the person, place, thing, or idea that is doing or being something.

In this sentence, the subject is "Books".

The subject of the sentence is the part that performs the action or is described by the verb.

• In the sentence, "The stars twinkle at night," the subject is "The stars."
• This is because "The stars" is who or what the sentence is about.

She played the piano beautifully

• In this sentence, the subject is "She," and the action performed by the subject is "played."
• The predicate is the part of the sentence that includes the verb and provides information about the subject's action.
• Therefore, the predicate in this sentence is "played the piano beautifully."

The predicate in a sentence is the part that tells us what the subject does or is. In the sentence "They painted the fence white," the predicate is "painted the fence white".

• The subject is "They."
• The predicate includes the verb and everything that comes after it: "painted the fence white."

The predicate in a sentence describes what the subject does or is. It includes the verb and any accompanying modifiers or objects.

• In the sentence "The sun sets in the evening," the predicate is "sets in the evening."
• The predicate starts with the verb "sets."
• It includes any additional phrases that modify or give further information about the action, such as "in the evening."

• The subject of a sentence is the person, place, thing, or idea that is doing or being something.
• In the sentence "The birds are chirping," the subject is "The birds."
• This identifies who is performing the action of chirping.