Subject and Predicate

What is the best definition of the subject of a sentence?

A subject is...

• who or what the sentence is about.

• always a verb.

• always the first word in a sentence.

• always the final word in a sentence.

True or false: the subject of a sentence is always a noun or a pronoun?

• True

• False

How many nouns or pronouns can make up the subject of a sentence?

• 0

• 1

• more than 1

What's the best way to identify the subject of a sentence?

• It's the first word in the sentence.

• It's the final word in the sentence.

• It is the noun performing the verb.

• It's the verb in the sentence.

What is the subject of the following sentence:

Yesterday, Venyaa submitted his writing task to Mr Madden.

• Venyaa

• Mr Madden

• submitted

• writing task

What is the subject of the following sentence:

Luca started at UHS during Term 4.

• UHS

• Luca

• during

• Term 4

What is the subject of the following sentence:

The cat and the dog played all day long.

• The cat

• The dog

• The cat and the dog

• played

What is the subject of the following sentence:

The tall ships sailed across the ocean.

• The tall ships

• sailed

• across

• the ocean

What is the subject of the following sentence:

Tristan and Raj worked the hardest they have ever worked.

• Beren

• Aryan

• Tristan and Raj

• worked

What is the subject of the following sentence:

The tall, dark and angry man was actually a very nice person.

• tall

• dark

• The tall, dark and angry man

• person