Class 6 English Grammar Chapter 2: Parts of the Sentence for 2023-2024

Updated by Rakesh
on January 27, 2022, 9:31 AM

Class 6 English Grammar Chapter 2: Parts of the Sentence is given below. We know that a simple sentence has two main parts — Subject and Predicate.The Subject of the sentence is the word that does an action or about which something is said. The Predicate of the sentence consists of a number of words that express the action done by the Subject or say something else about the subject.

Class 6 English Grammar Chapter 2: Subject and Predicate

Class 6 English Grammar Chapter 2: Parts of the Sentence

Class: 6	English Grammar
Chapter: 2	Parts of the Sentence – Subject and Predicate

Class 6 English Grammar: Subject and Predicate

Class 6 English Grammar Chapter 2: Parts of the Sentence – Subject and Predicate is describe below for new academic session 2023-2024.

Class 6 English Grammar Chapter 2 Explanation

Subject

Sometime a subject may be Gerund. In the following sentences, the bold words are subjects:

The guitar is a stringed instrument.
My house in on a lonely road.
Shimla is a hill station.
India is a peninsula.
Raw mango is used to make pickles.

Subject (Gerund)	Predicate
Smoking	is harmful.
Seeing	is believing.
Swimming	is a good exercise.
Walking	is useful.

In Imperative Sentences, the Subject is generally understood; as,
Help the poor. = You help the poor.
Get out of the class. = You get out of the class.
Thank you. = I thank you.
Welcome you. = We/I welcome you.

Subject (Infinitive)	Predicate
To err	is human.
To forgive	is divine.
To swim	is a good exercise.
To smoke	is harmful.
To see	is to believe.
To walk	is useful.

It, there, those, that, this, they, etc., can be used as subject.

Subject	Predicate
It	is very cold today.
It	was very hot yesterday.
There	are 45 boys in the class.
There	is nobody here.

Division of the Predicate

As the subject is divided in to different parts, similarly the Predicate is also divided in to different parts.

Subject – Verb	Object (Gerund)
Priya – started	crying.
I – hate	waiting at bus stops.
Preeti – enjoyed	playing with children.
My brother – loves	reading novels.

Class 6 English Grammar Chapter 2 Extra Questions

What do you understand by Subject in a sentance?

The subject is the doer of an action. It may be a single word or may have some words attached to it. The words attached to the Subject are— Determiner, Adjective and Adjective Phrase. These words are called Enlargement of the Subject.

What is Predicate in a sentence?

We know that the Predicate of a sentence states something about its Subject. It has a number of words that include 1. Verb, 2. Object, 3. Enlargement of the Object and 4. Complement if any. These words are called Extension of Predicate.