Find the Simple Subject

What is the simple subject?  Many people love scary films.

• Many
• people
• love
• films

  Psychologists want to know why.  What is the simple subject?

• Psychologists
• want
• know
• why

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CCSS.L.1.1C

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.3.1F

CCSS.L.3.1I

Dr. Leon Rappoport studies this fear factor among moviegoers.  What is the simple subject?

• Dr. Leon Rappoport
• studies
• fear
• this

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1C

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.3.1F

CCSS.L.3.1I

Humans have always liked to explore their feelings of fear and anxiety.  What is the simple subject?

• Humans
• liked
• feelings
• fear and anxiety

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1C

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.3.1F

CCSS.L.3.1I

What is the simple subject?  Frightening movies allow them to master those emotions and work through them.  What is the simple subject?

• Frightening
• movies
• allow
• them

People do not wish to meet Hannibal Lecter in daily life.  What is the simple subject?

• People
• do
• meet
• Hannibal Lecter

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1C

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.3.1F

CCSS.L.3.1I

They like to watch him onscreen, however, in the absence of any real danger.  What is the simple subject?

• They
• like
• him
• onscreen

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1C

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.3.1F

CCSS.L.3.1I

Horror films and stories provide opportunities for such experiences.  What is the simple subject?

• films and stories
• Horror
• provide
• opportunities

Also, some moviegoers like to explore their uncivilized, antisocial nature in safe settings.  What is the simple subject?

• moviegoers
• like
• some
• their

Many teenagers, in particular, need to test their tolerance for threatening situations.  What is the simple subject?

• teenagers
• test
• tolerance
• many

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1C

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.3.1F

CCSS.L.3.1I