Question

What is the the subject and predicate in each sentence? Why?

1) The bunnies like to play in the sunshine, and they will often come right up to you if you offer them something to eat.

2) The issue that I want to discuss with you is difficult to talk about because it is so contentious.

3) In the middle of the movie, the man who was sitting in front of me stood up and he refused to sit down again.

Answer 1

A subject is the part of a sentence that performs a verb( an action) in a sentence.

The predicate is the part of a sentence that contains the verb.

Explanation:

A subject is the one who does the action and performing something.
For example, He likes to play, Sara loves flowers. in the following sentences, HE and Sara are the subjects as they doing and performing something.

And the predicate is the verb and the rest of the sentence and not the subject.
For example; He likes to play, Sara loves flowers. in these sentences likes to play and loves flowers are the predicates of the sentences.

1)The bunnies like to play in the sunshine( The bunnies are the subject and "like to play in the sunshine" is the predicate),
"they"(subject) and "will often come right up to you"(Predicate)
"You"(subject) and "offer them something to eat"(Predicate).

2)"The issue"(subject)
"I want to discuss with you is difficult to talk about because "it"(subject) is so contentious"(Predicate)

3)" the man who"(subject)
"was sitting"(predicate)
in front of "me"(subject)
"stood up"(predicate)
"he"(subject)
"refused to to sit down again"(predicate).