Ch. 1 Complete and Simple Subjects

What is the complete subject?

His white and blue cotton sweater shrank two sizes.

• His white and blue cotton sweater

• shrank two sizes

• white and blue

• sweater

What is the simple subject?

The screens on the front porch windows are torn.

• The screens on the front porch windows

• front porch

• windows

• screens

What is the complete subject?

Did the green parrot on your shoulder say something?

• Did the green parrot

• Did the green parrot on your shoulder

• the green parrot on your shounlder

• parrot

What is the complete subject?

Across the beach darted long-legged sandpipers.

• Across the beach

• long-legged sandpipers

• sandpipers

• beach

What is the simple subject?

The reporter's long coat looked wrinkled and wet.

• coat

• reporter

• The reporter's long coat

• wrinkled and wet

What is the simple subject?

The thick shells of black walnuts are hard to crack.

• The thick shells of black walnuts

• black walnuts

• shells

• are hard to crack

What is the complete subject?

Do heavy wool mittens keep your hands warm and dry?

• hands

• Do heavy wool mittens

• keep your hands warm and dry

• heavy wool mittens

What is the simple subject?

The Maricopa people of Arizona make unusual pottery.

• people

• Arizona

• pottery

• The Maricopa people

What is the complete subject?

Behind the door purred the happy cat.

• Behind the door

• the happy cat

• door

• cat

What is the simple subject?

A tall, thin man with a hat walked down the lane.

• A tall, thin man with a hat

• man

• hat

• down the lane