Question

Identify the subject and the predicate in the following sentence:
Edison invented the phonograph.

• A. Subject: the phonograph; Predicate: Edison invented the
  
• B. Subject: Edison; Predicate: invented the phonograph
  
• C. Subject: Edison invented; Predicate: the phonograph
  
• D. Subject: invented the phonograph; Predicate: Edison
  

Answer 1

Answer: (B)

Subject: Edison; Predicate: invented the phonograph

The subject is who or what the sentence is about, and the predicate tells something about the subject. Here the sentence is about Edison, and the sentence says that Edison invented the photograph. Therefore, Option B is correct. In rest of the options, either the information is taken as the subject(Options D, A), a part of the information is included along with the object of focus in the subject(Option C ).