Which part of a sentence tells about the subject?

• A. Interjection
• B. Subject
• C. Predicate
• D. Salutation

Answer: (C)

The part of a sentence that tells about the subject is the predicate. The predicate includes the verb and all the words that complete its meaning, and it describes what the subject does or what happens to the subject—its action or state of being. For example, in “The cat sleeps,” the subject is “the cat” and the predicate is “sleeps,” which tells us what the subject does. In “The weather turned windy,” the subject is “the weather” and the predicate “turned windy” tells us what happened to the subject. Interjections like “Wow!” express emotions and don’t describe the subject. Salutations are greetings and aren’t part of describing the subject in a sentence. The subject names who or what the sentence is about, while the predicate reveals what that subject does or its state, so the predicate is the part that tells about the subject.