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

The correct option is D Subject: the shepherd; Predicate: hears a barking sound

The shepherd is the focus, he is the one being talked about. The verb hears indicates the action undertaken by the shepherd. Thus, the shepherd is the subject, whereas the rest of the sentence is the predicate. Hence, Option D is the correct answer.