Subject Nouns

The teacher knows the correct answer. The student knows the correct answer.

• answer, knows

• The teacher, The student

Identify the subject in each sentence.

Mom eats dinner with me at the table. Aunt Macy eats dinner with me at

• Mom, Aunt Macy

• Mom, dinner

The ball rolls down the sidewalk of my street. The skateboard rolls down the sidewalk of my street.

• rolls, sidewalk

• The ball, The skateboard

If you take away all the modifying or describing words and just keep the main subject (noun or pronoun), it is called the simple subject.

• True

• False

Identify if the underline word is used as a subject or direct object.

Sorting the clean clothes takes only ten minutes or so.

• Subject

• Direct object

Which is the correct subject that completes this sentence?_____________ borrow books from the library.Pick TWO options.

• They

• She

• He

• We

How does the underlined word function in the sentence?

Does Ronnie need a new car?

• subject

• appositive

• indirect object

• object of the preposition

Identify the subject in the sentence: 'The cat sleeps on the mat.'

• The cat

• sleeps

• on

• the mat

Which word is the subject in the sentence: 'Books are a great source of knowledge.'

• Books

• are

• great

• knowledge

In the sentence 'The children play in the park,' what is the subject?

• The children

• play

• in

• the park