O predicate, formed by one or more verbs, is what is declared about the subject's action, agreeing in number and person with him.
To better understand, look at the example:
Lucia ran at the end of last week.
In the example above, we have:
- Subject of the action: to determine the subject we must ask the question: Who ran last weekend? “Lucia”it is the simple subject who performs the action.
- Predicate: after identifying the subject of the action, everything else is the predicate. It is the action performed by the subject which, in this case, corresponds to "ran last week”.
Predicate Types
According to your core significant, predicates are classified into three types:
Verbal Predicate
Indicates an action, consisting of a core, which is a notional verb (verb that indicates an action). In this case, there is no presence of subject predicative, for example:
- We walked a lot today. (core: we walk)
- I arrived today from a trip. (core: I arrived)
- The customer lost the documents. (core: lost)
Nominal Predicate
Indicates status or quality, consisting of a connecting verb(verb that indicates state) and the subject predicative (Complements the subject giving him a quality).
there is only a core, characterized by a name (noun or adjective), for example:
- Alan is happy. (core: happy)
- I was exhausted. (core: exhausted)
- He remains attentive to me. (core: attentive)
Nominal-verb predicate
At the same time that it indicates the subject's action, this type of predicate informs its quality or state, being constituted by two cores: a Name it is a verb.
In this case, there is the presence of subject predicative or object predicative (complements the direct or indirect object, assigning them a characteristic), for example:
- Suzana arrived tired. (nuclei: arrived, tired)
- They finished the job satisfied. (nuclei: finished, satisfied)
- She found the walk unpleasant. (cores: considered, unpleasant)
To identify a verb-nominal predicate, the verb that indicates action is expressed in the clause. The verb that indicates state or quality, in turn, is hidden.
Thus, “Suzana arrived” characterizes the notional verb, which represents the subject's action. While “(she was) tired” indicates the state of the subject, where the non-notional verb does not appear declared in the sentence.
Subject
Next to the predicate, the subject it is an essential term of the prayer that characterizes the agent of action. It is classified into 5 types:
- simple
- compound
- hidden
- indeterminate
- nonexistent
Read too:
- Subject and Predicate
- Essential Terms of the Prayer
- Constituent Terms of the Prayer
Entrance Exam Exercises
1. (FEI) "Words are not born tied"
Check the alternative in which the subject and predicate of the clause are correctly analyzed:
a) compound subject and nominal predicate
b) simple subject and verb-nominal predicate
c) compound subject and verbal predicate
d) simple subject and nominal predicate
e) simple subject and verbal predicate.
Alternative b: simple subject and verb-nominal predicate
2. (UFU-MG) "The sun comes in later each day, pale, weak, oblique." "The sun shone a little in the morning."
In order, the predicates of the above clauses are classified as:
a) nominal and nominal-verb
b) verbal and nominal
c) verbal and verb-nominal
d) verb-nominal and nominal
e) verb-nominal and verbal
Alternative e: verb-nominal and verbal
3. (Unesp-SP) “The teacher rushed in”.
The highlight indicates:
a) nominal predicate
b) verb-nominal predicate
c) verbal predicate
d) adverbial adjunct
e) none
Alternative b: verb-nominal predicate
Keep studying: Subject and predicate exercises with commented template