Question

Separate the following sentence into Subject and Predicate:
He has a good memory.
(A) Subject: has a good memory; Predicate: He
(B) Subject: He; Predicate: has a good memory
(C) Subject: He has a; Predicate: good memory
(D) Subject: He has; Predicate: a good memory

Answer 1

Hint: There are two main divisions of every sentence. One is called the subject and the other is the predicate. The subject contains information about who is performing the activity and the predicate contains the information of the action word and the object along with it.

Complete step by step answer:
1. The subject of the sentence is the person(s) or thing(s) who actually performs the action. And the predicate contains the verb and the object. Now, let us see in the following examples which is the right pair of subject, verb and object.
2. In the first example, there is a confusion created. The places of subject and predicate are interchanged that is, the subject and become the predicate and vice versa. Therefore, it is clearly understood that the first option is incorrect.
3. In the third option, the tense and the article 'a' is added in the subject category which is incorrect because the action word or any type of auxiliary verb is not included in the subject. Hence, the third option is also incorrect.
4. The fourth option contains the auxiliary verb as well. The only way in which this is different from the third option is that it does not include the article. However, this option is also incorrect.
5. Now, let us see the second option. In it, the subject includes 'He' who is the performer of the action and the predicate consists of the auxiliary verb and the object that is, ‘has a good memory'. Therefore, it can be said that this option has the perfect division of subject and predicate. Hence, it is the correct option. Thus, Option B is correct.

Note:
While dividing a sentence on the basis of subject and predicate, one should keep in mind that sometimes the subject is not confined within a single word but consists of a phrase as well.The tense, number and other specification of the sentence is generally in accordance with its subject. But by the aid of altogether subject and predicate, one sentence can be framed correctly. The main distinction between subject and predicate is that subject is the doer of the sentence and the predicate refers to the whole activity of the sentence.