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2. There were sparkling stars all around (Imperative/Exclamatory)

3. Was the food delicious (Declarative/Interrogative)

4. Diya saw a big, red planet (Interrogative/Declarative)

5. Would you like to travel in space (Interrogative/Exclamatory)

6. Diya was too thrilled (Exclamatory/Interrogative)

Subject and Predicate

Read these sentences.
1. Gardening is her hobby.

2. The astronauts looked at Diya.
A sentence has two parts— subject and predicate. The highlighted words are subjects.

 The person, animal, thing or place we talk about in a sentence is called the subject
of the sentence. It may consist of one or more than one word. The subject may be a
noun or pronoun.

Example: She saw many stars.

 All that is said about the subject of a sentence is called the predicate of the sentence.
The underlined words in sentences 1 and 2 are predicates.

B. Circle the subject and underline the predicate in each sentence.

1. We should grow more trees. 2. All the stars were shining.
3. Sunita Williams waved at Diya. 4. Diya had a fantastic dream.

Nouns

 We already know that a common noun is the name of a person, place, animal or
thing.

Examples: girl, hills, animal, robot
 A proper noun is the name of a particular person, place, animal or thing.

Examples: Diya, Nilgiri Hills, Kitty, Bravo

 A collective noun is the name of a group of animals, people or things taken together.
A collective noun is considered a singular noun.

Examples: a herd of sheep, a galaxy of stars, a swarm of bees

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