Identifying Subjects

The subject of a sentence is the person, place, thing, or idea that...

• is doing or being something

• the action that the subject is carrying out

• is the object of the sentence

• the first word in the sentence

What is/are the subject(s) in the following sentence: Braden and Mikala were both born in April.

• Braden

• Mikala

• Braden and Mikala

• April

What is/are the subject(s) in the following sentence: Aaron is helping Blake and Carter write a series of articles for the school paper.

• Aaron

• Blake

• Carter

• articles

What is/are the subject(s) in the following sentence: Was Sarah talking to Kendra’s ex-boyfriend after the softball game?

• Sarah

• Kendra

• boyfriend

• game

What is/are the subject(s) in the following sentence: Harley’s new kitten is super cute!

• Harley

• new

• kitten

• cute

What is/are the subject(s) in the following sentence: His eyes are always formed into a quizzical arch.

• His

• eyes

• quizzical

• arch

What is/are the subject(s) in the following sentence: Which aisle does Karen take to get to the manager's office?

• aisle

• Karen

• manager's

• office

What is the subject of this sentence?

Theodore hid his snacks in the basement.

• Theodore

• hid

• snacks

• basement

What is the subject of this sentence?

Morticia and Gomez, my favorite characters, had the whole family over.

• Morticia

• Gomez

• Morticia and Gomez

• characters

What is the subject of this sentence?

She and her family went to California for spring break.

• California

• She

• family

• She and her family