Question

Separate the Subject and the Predicate in the following sentence:
A barking sound the shepherd hears.
A) Subject: A barking sound; Predicate: the shepherd hears
B) Subject: A barking; Predicate: sound the shepherd hears
C) Subject: the shepherd hears; Predicate: a barking sound
D) Subject: the shepherd; Predicate: hears a barking sound

Answer 1

Hint: Subject in the sentence talks about the who or whom, while predicate defines the something about the subject.

Complete answer:
Option A) Subject: A barking sound; Predicate: the shepherd hears – is an incorrect answer because a barking sound is not the subject and the shepherd hears is not the predicate of the sentence because the subject talk about ‘who’ and predicate talk about ‘what’. So, as per the rules this is an incorrect answer.

Option B) Subject: A barking; Predicate: sound the shepherd hears – is an incorrect answer because again the subject is not a barking and predicate is not ‘sound the shepherd hears’. Thus, this is again not an incorrect answer.

Option C) Subject: the shepherd hears; Predicate: a barking sound – is an incorrect answer because ‘the shepherd hears’ does not define the subject in the sentence and ‘a barking sound’ is not predicate of the sentence. Thus, this is an incorrect answer.

Option D) Subject: the shepherd; Predicate: hears a barking sound – is the correct answer because the subject talks about ‘who’ i.e. the shepherd and the predicate talks about ‘what – related to the subject’ i.e. hears a barking sound. Thus, this is the correct answer as it satisfies the condition or the rule of the subject and the predicate.

Hence the correct answer is option ’D’.

Note:In this question it is important to understand how to identify the subject and the predicate in the sentence. A subject is a noun or pronoun based on the part of the sentence and predicate is the verb-based part of the subject performed. So, Option D is the most appropriate answer as compared to any other option.