Identifying Simple and Complete Subjects in Sentences

What is the subject of a sentence?

• The verb in the sentence

• Who or what the sentence is about

• The object of the sentence

• The action in the sentence

In the sentence 'The big red truck pulled into the driveway,' what is the complete subject?

• Truck

• The driveway

• Pulled into

• The big red truck

What is the simple subject in the sentence 'The big red truck pulled into the driveway'?

• Pulled

• Truck

• Driveway

• Big red

In the sentence 'The man in the corner just fell asleep,' what is the complete subject?

• Fell asleep

• The man in the corner

• In the corner

• The man

What is the simple subject in the sentence 'The man in the corner just fell asleep'?

• Man

• Fell

• Asleep

• Corner

In the sentence 'The glass of water spilled onto the floor,' what is the simple subject?

• Glass

• Water

• Spilled

• Floor

What is a prepositional phrase?

• The object of the sentence

• The main subject of the sentence

• An extra information phrase

• The verb in the sentence

In the sentence 'Jerry and Ellen just got married,' what are the simple subjects?

• Jerry

• Jerry and Ellen

• Ellen

• Married

In the sentence 'The lady at the counter is quite nice,' what is the simple subject?

• The lady at the counter

• Lady

• Counter

• Quite nice

In the sentence 'Ten empty cans of coke were scattered around the room,' what is the simple subject?

• Room

• Ten empty cans

• Cans

• Coke