Which part of the following sentence is predicate?
On Saturday morning my friends and I play football in the park.

Question

Which part of the following sentence is predicate? 
On Saturday morning my friends and I play football in the park.

Accepted Answer

The question asks to identify the predicate in the sentence: "On Saturday morning my friends and I play football in the park."

Let's break down the sentence to understand its components:

1.  **Subject:** The subject of a sentence is who or what the sentence is about. In this sentence, "my friends and I" are the ones performing the action. So, "my friends and I" is the subject.
2.  **Predicate:** The predicate is the part of the sentence that tells what the subject does or is. It always contains the main verb and includes all the words that describe the action or state of being of the subject, along with any objects, complements, or modifiers related to the verb.

Now let's evaluate the given options:

*   **Option 1: Play football in the park**
    *   **Justification:** This option correctly identifies the predicate. It starts with the main verb "play" and includes the direct object "football" and the adverbial phrase "in the park" which tells *where* the action takes place. This entire phrase describes *what* "my friends and I" do. It tells the action performed by the subject. Therefore, this is the correct predicate.

*   **Option 2: My friends and I**
    *   **Explanation why it's incorrect:** This phrase is the **subject** of the sentence, not the predicate. It tells *who* the sentence is about, not *what* they do.

*   **Option 3: On Saturday morning**
    *   **Explanation why it's incorrect:** This is an adverbial phrase that tells *when* the action happens. While it modifies the predicate (it tells when they play), it does not contain the main verb and does not describe *what* the subject does. It's a modifier, not the core predicate itself.

*   **Option 4: On Saturday morning... I play football in the park.**
    *   **Explanation why it's incorrect:** This option is incorrect for several reasons. Firstly, it includes "I," which is part of the subject ("my friends and I"). The predicate *excludes* the subject. Secondly, the ellipsis makes it ambiguous, but even if it were meant to represent the entire sentence minus "my friends and I," it would still include "On Saturday morning," which, as explained in Option 3, is a temporal modifier and not the core predicate that starts with the verb. A predicate begins with the verb and describes the action or state of the subject.

**Conclusion:**
Based on the definition of a predicate as the part of the sentence that tells what the subject does or is, and which contains the main verb, "Play football in the park" accurately describes the action performed by the subject "my friends and I."

The final answer is $\boxed{	ext{Option 1}}$