Grammar: Simple Subjects

What is the simple subject? 
The airport terminal was crowded with holiday travelers. 

• The airport terminal
• terminal
• was crowded
• travelers

Identify the simple subject.
Buses to downtown had standing room only. 

• Buses
• room
• Buses to downtown
• had

True or False: The simple subject is in red. 
Some people on their way to downtown hotels hailed cabs. 

• True
• False

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.1

Identify the simple subject. 
The subways were nearly empty during the late night hours. 

• The 
• were empty
• hours
• subways

What is the simple subject?
Trucks at the airport dropped off the packages for morning delivery to the coast.

• Trucks
• packages
• the coast
• Trucks at the airport

Identify the simple subject. 
The firefighters welcomed visitors to an open house at the station. 

• firefighters
• The firefighters
• welcomed
• house

What is the simple subject of this sentence?

The boy rode his bike to the park.

• Park

• boy

• rode

What is the simple subject of this sentence?

My closet has lots of clothes in it.

• closet

• clothes

• has

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

What is the simple subject of this sentence?

The bus driver drove me to school.

• driver

• bus driver

• school

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1F

What is the simple subject of this sentence?

The barber cut the boy's hair.

• cut

• boy's

• barber

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RL.2.1