kitten
"The whiskers on your kitten" is the subject of the sentence, and "twitch" is the predication.
The race car's motor purred like a kitten. The kitten purred when it nestled up against her mother.
The pronoun that takes the place of the singular noun 'kitten' is it.The pronoun 'it' can function as a subject or an object in a sentence.If the gender of the kitten is known, the pronouns that take the place of the noun 'kitten' are he or she as a subject, and him or her as an object in a sentence.Examples:I got a kitten for my birthday. It is six weeks old. (the pronoun 'it' is the subject of the second sentence)I have a new kitten. My mother got it for me. (the pronoun 'it' is the direct object of the verb 'got')I got a kitten for my birthday. He is six weeks old.I have a new kitten. My mother got him for me.I got a kitten for my birthday. She is six weeks old.I have a new kitten. My mother got her for me.
The simple predicate is 'huddled'.
My kitten loves to explore, he ran to the top of a curtain then jumped onto the cupboard.
The simple predicate in the sentence "In the middle of the box huddled the smallest kitten of the litter" is "huddled." The simple predicate refers to the main verb or action of the subject, which in this case is the action performed by the smallest kitten.
huddled The sentence is one of those that seems confusing because of all the prepositional phrases: in the middle of the box of the litter Also the subject comes after the predicate in this one but once you find the subject (kitten), you can ask, 'What did the kitten do?' A: huddled
huddled The sentence is one of those that seems confusing because of all the prepositional phrases: in the middle of the box of the litter Also the subject comes after the predicate in this one but once you find the subject (kitten), you can ask, 'What did the kitten do?' A: huddled
The verb is "were" and the subject is "a gray cat and a stripe [sic] kitten"; the simple subject is "cat ... and ... kitten".
Jean
In the sentence, 'Her father was happy to have the kitten.', the word father is a noun and the subject of the sentence. The pronoun is 'her', a possessive pronoun that shows the father is 'her' father. 'Her father' is a noun phrase that is the whole subject of the sentence.The word 'happy' is the object and 'to have the kitten' is a noun clause and the indirect object of the sentence.
The simple predicate is 'huddled'.
The simple predicate is 'huddled'.
In the sentence, "Is kitten a direct object?", the noun kitten is the subject of the sentence.In the sentence, "The direct object is kitten.", the noun kitten is the direct object of the sentence.Any noun, such as kitten, can be the subject of a sentence or a clause, or the object of a verb or a preposition. Those are the functions of a noun.
"The whiskers on your kitten" is the subject of the sentence, and "twitch" is the predication.
My kitten is drinking milk :)
huddled