Subject and Predicate

💠 *Easy Rules to Find the Subject and Predicate*

 1. Ask ‘Who?’ or ‘What?’ about the verb  

- Read the sentence and ask yourself: *"Who is doing the action?"* or *"What is the sentence about?"*  

- The answer is the **Subject**.  

- *Marathi:* वाक्यामधील क्रियेबाबत 'कोण?' किंवा 'काय?' असा प्रश्न विचारला जातो, ज्याच उत्तर वाक्याचा Subject असतो.

**Example:**  

- *Ram goes to school.*  

  - Who goes? → **Ram** → Subject (सर्वनाम / व्यक्ती)  

2. The Subject usually comes at the beginning  

- In most simple sentences, the subject is before the verb. But sometimes it can come later.   

- *Marathi:*Subject सहसा वाक्याच्या सुरुवातीला येतो पण काही वेळा नंतरही येऊ शकतो.

**Example:**  

- *The rain is falling heavily.* → Subject: **The rain (पाऊस)**  

- *On the table lies a book.* → Subject: **a book (पुस्तक)**  

### 3. The Subject is a noun or a pronoun  

- The subject can be a person, place, thing, animal, or idea (noun) or a pronoun.  

- *Marathi:* Subject हा नाम (व्यक्ती, वस्तू, ठिकाण, प्राणी, कल्पना) किंवा सर्वनाम असतो.

**Example:**  

- *She sings a song.* → Subject: **She (ती)**  

- *The rabbit jumps high.* → Subject: **The rabbit (ससा)**  

### 4. The Subject is NOT in the predicate  

- The predicate contains the verb and gives information about the subject. The subject itself is separate.  

- *Marathi:* Predicate मध्ये क्रियापद आणि Subject विषयी माहिती असते, पण subject वेगळा असतो.

**Example:**  

- *Mohan is eating lunch.*  

  - Verb: **is eating**  

  - Subject: **Mohan (मोहन)**  

### 5. There is usually one main subject  

- Even if a sentence has many words, there is usually one main subject or a compound subject.  

- *Marathi:* वाक्यात अनेक शब्द असले तरी एक किंवा एकत्रित मुख्य Subject असतो.

**Example:**  

- *Sita and Geeta are singing.* → Subject: **Sita and Geeta (सीता आणि गीता)**  

### 6. In imperative sentences, the subject is implied  

- In commands, the subject is understood as “you” but is not written.  

- *Marathi:* आज्ञार्थी वाक्यांमध्ये Subject लपलेला असतो, जो ‘तू’ समजला जातो.

**Example:**  

- *Close the door.* → Subject: **(You) (तू)**  

🔶Quick Tip:  

Ask ‘Who?’ or ‘What?’ before the verb → That’s the subject. The rest is predicate.

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Add a question tag

🔰 **English Grammar:*

   *Add Question Tags**

**1. What is a Question Tag?**

- A question tag is a short question added to the end of a statement.

- It turns a statement into a question, often to confirm or check information.

**2. Structure**

- Statement (positive/negative) + comma + question tag + question mark  

  *Example:*  

  - She is coming, **isn't she**?  

  - You don’t like tea, **do you**?

**3. Basic Rules**

- If the statement is positive, the tag is negative:  

  *She is busy,* **isn't she**?

- If the statement is negative, the tag is positive:  

  *He isn't here,* **is he**?

- Use the auxiliary (helping) verb from the statement in the tag.

- If there’s no auxiliary verb, use “do/does/did.”

  - *You eat meat,* **don't you**?

  - *He went home,* **didn't he**?

**4. Pronouns**

- Use the correct pronoun in the tag:

  - *Maria plays guitar,* **doesn't she**?

  - *The students are late,* **aren't they**?

**5. Special Cases**

- With **I am**, use “aren’t I” (informally):

  - *I am early,* **aren’t I**?

- With imperative sentences, use “will you,” “won’t you,” or “can you”:

  - *Open the door,* **will you**?

**6. Common Auxiliary Verbs Used**

- is/are/am

- was/were

- have/has/had

- will/would

- shall/should

- can/could

- do/does/did

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## **Examples**

- It's raining, **isn't it**?

- They have finished, **haven't they**?

- You can swim, **can't you**?

- She didn’t call, **did she**?

- We are late, **aren’t we**?

Summary

- Positive statement → Negative tag  

- Negative statement → Positive tag  

- Use correct auxiliary verb and pronouns

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 Pure Love Story

*​​🍂A Blind Man’s Love*

A man married a beautiful girl.  He loved her very much.  One day she developed a skin disease.  Slowly she started to lose her beauty.  It so happened that one day her husband left for a tour.  While returning he met with an accident and lost his eyesight.  However, their married life continued as usual.  But as days passed she lost her beauty gradually. Blind husband did not know this and there was not any difference in their married life.  He continued to love her and she also loved him very much.  One day she died.  Her death brought him a great sorrow.  He finished all her last rites and wanted to leave that town.

A man from behind called and said, “Now how will you be able to walk all alone?  All these days your wife used to help you”.  He replied, “I am not blind.  I was acting because if she knew l could see her skin condition due to a disease, it would have pained her more than her disease.  I didn’t love her for her beauty alone, but I fell in love with her caring and loving nature.  So I pretended to be blind.  I only wanted to keep her happy”.

*Moral:  When you truly love someone, you will go to any extent to keep your loved one happy and sometimes it is good for us to act blind and ignore one another’s short comings in order to be happy.  The Beauty will fade with time, but heart and soul will always be the same.  Love the person for what he/she is from inside, not from outside.*