Grammar Explanation: Find the subject

​ Subject-Verb Agreement, and the difference between expressed and unexpressed subjects

Unexpressed Subject

-1st person and 2nd person verbs

-3rd person verbs, if no nominative noun in a sentence

Expressed Subject

-3rd person verbs only

-Nominative noun in the sentence, will be the subject

- Subject Verb Agreement

-A nominative noun must agree with its verb in person and number.

-3rd person singular verb needs a nominative singular noun for its subject.

-3rd person plural verb needs a nominative plural noun for its subject.

Multiple Choice

Expressed or unexpressed Subject?

Ad Italiam navigamus.

• Espressed

• Unexpressed

Multiple Choice

Espressed or unexpressed subject?

Equos feros ex agris vocabunt

• Expressed

• Unexpressed

Multiple Choice

Expressed or unexpressed?

Equos feros ex agris pueri vocabunt

• Expressed

• Unexpressed

Multiple Choice

Expressed or unexpressed?

Equos feros ex agris fratres vocabunt

• Expressed

• Unexpressed

Multiple Choice

Find the subject!

Ad Italiam navigamus.

• Ad

• Italiam

• navigamus

• we

Multiple Choice

Find the subject!

Equos feros ex agris vocabunt

• Equos

• they

• feros

• agris

Multiple Choice

Find the subject!

Equos feros ex agris pueri vocabunt

• feros

• agris

• pueri

• they

Multiple Choice

Find the subject!

Equos feros ex agris fratres vocabunt

• equos

• they

• agris

• fratres

Multiple Choice

Find the subject!

Duces puellas in castra mox vocabunt.

• Duces

• puellas

• castra

• they

Multiple Choice

Find the subject!

Legatus laudavit consulis filios.

• Legatus

• consulis

• filios

• he/she/it

Multiple Choice

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Ubi imperator copias Galliae superavit?

• Imperator

• copias

• Galliae

• he/she/it

Multiple Choice

Find the subject!

Multa et pulchra dona dederamus nostrae sorori

• dona

• we

• he/she/it

• sorori

​Remember: When the subject of the verb is not performing the action, but is being acted upon, the verb is in the passive voice!

Personal verb endings in the passive voice:

• or/r

• ris

• tur

• mur

• mini

• ntur

Multiple Choice

Find the subject!

Multa et pulchra dona reginae dantur.

• dona

• reginae

• they

• pulchra

Multiple Choice

Find the subject!

Servi Helvetii cras liberabuntur.

• Servi

• cras

• liberabuntur

• they