RECOGNISING SUBJECTS AND PREDICATES

Kalimat adalah sekelompok kata yang mengungkapkan pikiran atau informasi. Setiap kalimat terdiri atas dua unsur pokok: Subject dan Predicate.

Subject adalah bagian kalimat yang menyatakan apa atau siapa yang menjadi pokok pembicaraan kalimat.

Predicate adalah bagian kalimat yang mengungkapkan apa yang dilakukan oleh subject, atau apa yang terjadi atas subject. Subject berupa noun atau pronoun dalam bentuk tunggal atau jamak. Predicate berupa verb atau verb phrase.

In each of the following sentences, separate the subject and predicate with a slash (/).
Examples:

• The employees/work in a business firm.
• The target of business/is consumers

1. A business produces goods and services.
2. Individuals own the factors of production.
3. Business needs people as owners, managers, employees and consumers.
4. People need business for the production of goods and services.
5. A manager is responsible for operating the business.
6. A professional manager attempts to achieve the objective of the business.
7. Employees supply the skills and abilities.
8. They expect to receive a wage.
9. The consumers want better goods and services.
10. A business enterprise attempts to satisfy such business.
11. The human element is the core of business.
12. A consumer is a person or a business that purchase a product of as business.
13. The profit motive is the desire to make a profit as reward for taking risk.
14. Profit is total sales minus the cost of production.
15. A profit is not always gained.