Materi Subject and Predicate

Setiap kalimat yang lengkap memiliki subject dan predicate. Subject ialah tentang apa atau siapa yang dibicarakan dalam suatu kalimat atau klausa sedangkan predicate menjelaskan tentang subject.

Simple subject hanya terdiri dari noun atau pronoun tunggal, compound subject berupa lebih dari satu noun atau pronoun tunggal, sedangkan complete subject berupa noun dengan segala modifier-nya. Simple predicate terdiri dari verb +/- auxiliary verb, compound predicate berupa lebih dari satu verb +/- auxiliary verb, sedangkan complete subject berupa verb +/- auxiliary verb berikut modifier dan/atau complement-nya jika ada.

10 Contoh Soal Subject and Predicate Pilihan Ganda

Pilihlah satu jawaban yang menurutmu paling tepat sesuai dengan pertanyaannya.

1. Here are the files for burning into a CD-ROM.

   What is the simple subject?

   1. here
   2. files

2. Have a seat.

   What is the simple subject?

   1. I
   2. you

3. My mother used to brush and braid my hair when I was ten years old.

   What is the simple subject?

   1. mother
   2. my mother

4. I was jogging in the park at this time yesterday.

   What is the simple predicate?

   1. was jogging
   2. jogging

5. He has called the wedding off.

   What is the simple predicate?

   1. has called off
   2. has called

6. They should be kind to each other.

   What is the simple predicate?

   1. should be kind
   2. should be

7. Somebody must have tried to steal my car!

   What is the simple predicate?

   1. must have
   2. must have tried
   3. must have tried to steal

8. I don’t like wearing a jumpsuit.

   What is the simple predicate?

   1. do like
   2. don’t like

9. Sita usually boils potatoes for five minutes and fries them with peppers.

   What is the compound predicate?

   1. usually boils and fries
   2. boils and fries

10. He is planting something in the garden.

    What is the complete predicate?

    1. planting something in the garden
    2. is planting something in the garden

Jawaban

1. Here are the files for burning into a CD-ROM.

   What is the simple subject?

   1. here
   2. files (Seperti there, here bukan subject. Subject-nya adalah setelah verb “be”.)

2. Have a seat.

   What is the simple subject?

   1. I
   2. you (Subject dari imperative sentence adalah “you” yang dihilangkan (elliptical construction) karena dianggap sudah dimengerti.)

3. My mother used to brush and braid my hair when I was ten years old.

   What is the simple subject?

   1. mother (Simple subject tanpa modifier (my).)
   2. my mother

4. I was jogging in the park at this time yesterday.

   What is the simple predicate?

   1. was jogging (Simple predicate hanya verb dan auxiliary-nya jika ada, tanpa modifier (in the park at this time yesterday).)
   2. jogging

5. He has called the wedding off.

   What is the simple predicate?

   1. has called off (call off = phrasal verb yang dapat disela direct object)
   2. has called

6. They should be kind to each other.

   What is the simple predicate?

   1. should be kind
   2. should be (Simple predicate hanya verb dan auxiliary-nya jika ada, tanpa modifier.)

7. Somebody must have tried to steal my car!

   What is the simple predicate?

   1. must have
   2. must have tried (Simple predicate hanya verb dan auxiliary-nya jika ada. to steal my car ~ complement (direct object dari verb “tried”).)
   3. must have tried to steal

8. I don’t like wearing a jumpsuit.

   What is the simple predicate?

   1. do like (Not (adverb) tidak termasuk simple predicate.)
   2. don’t like

9. Sita usually boils potatoes for five minutes and fries them with peppers.

   What is the compound predicate?

   1. usually boils and fries
   2. boils and fries (Usually (adverb of frequency) tidak termasuk compound predicate.)

10. He is planting something in the garden.

    What is the complete predicate?

    1. planting something in the garden
    2. is planting something in the garden (Is (auxiliary verb) merupakan bagian dari complete predicate.)

Materi Subject and Predicate

Lihat juga:

• Soal Pronoun
• Soal Personal Pronoun
• Soal Linking Verb
• Soal Modal Auxiliary Verb
• Soal Present and Past Participle

References:

1. Subject and Predicate. http://www.sinclair.edu/centers/tlc/pub/handouts_worksheets/english/subject_and_predicate.pdf. Accessed on November 3, 2014.
2. Predicates, Objects, Complements. </grammar/objects.htm” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener noreferrer”>http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/objects.htm. Accessed on November 3, 2014.