Subject and Predicate | English Phonics Course | Lesson 13/45

In this video, we will study the two essential parts of a sentence, namely the subject and the predicate.
A subject tells us about the noun or pronoun.
It tells us what/who the sentence is about.
The subject can either be one word or several words.
The Predicate tells us about what the subject does or is about. (Describing). It always contains the verb.
This video also introduces learners to the 5 kinds of verbs, mainly:
1 Physical action: The majority of verbs express physical action.
These are doing words. (to run, to swim, to eat, to dance, to sing, to hit, to jump, to sit, etc.)
2. Mental Action: Verbs also express mental action.
to think (thought), to consider (considers), to guess (guessed).
3. State of Being: The to be verbs: is, am, are, was, were.
A small set of verbs does not express physical action at all.
Linking Verbs:
Connect the subject to another word in the sentence without expressing an action.
Followed by a noun, an adjective or an adverb.
I am a teacher.
She is a beautiful lady.
I am fully prepared.
Helping verbs: These come before the main verb.
Sarah is eating a pizza.
She was eating a pizza.
They were eating pizza.
4. To Have: The to have verbs: have, had, has.
Used as either action verbs or helping (auxiliary) verbs.
Irregular main Verbs: have is an irregular main verb, with both has and had served as inflections. They show possession.
I have a bag.
They had a car.
Tom has a pen.
Helping verbs: These come before the main verb.
Sarah has eaten a pizza.
5. To do: The to-do verbs: do, did, does.
Used as either action verbs or helping (auxiliary) verbs.
Irregular main Verbs:
He does his taxes on time.
They do a lot of work.
She did well.
Helping verbs: These come before the main verb.
True Auxiliary: The verbs will, would, shall, should, can, could, may, might, and must cannot be the main verbs alone. They are used as auxiliary verbs only and always need a main verb to follow.
The most common linking verbs are become, seem, and any form of the verb be (including am, is, are, was, were, etc.). These verbs are called true linking verbs because they are always linking verbs.