Name the subject and the predicate of each of the following sentences:—

1. The city of Ottawa is the capital of Canada.

2. Three wives sat up in the lighthouse tower.

3. All the children were gathering flowers.

4. Our friends have arrived in the city.

5. Home they brought her warrior dead.

6. John Cabot discovered Canada in 1497.

7. All along the banks were the skeletons of canoes.

8. Through this forest ran a beautiful river.

9. Colder and louder blew the wind.

10. Down sunk the bell with a gurgling sound.

The subject of an imperative sentence is _thou_, _ye_ or _you_. It is

seldom expressed; as,

Listen to the singing of the birds.

Carry these books for me.

Praise _ye_ the Lord.

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