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"Simple subject" is the term used for the single word that is the subject of a verb.

• True

• False

Select the simple subject of the verb underlined:

A vacuum is usually better than some of the stuff that nature replaces it with

• A vacuum

• Vacuum

• A vacuum is usually better

• A vacuum is

Select the simple subject of the verb underlined:

Half of the American people have never read a newspaper, and half have never voted for President. One hopes it is the same half. (Writer Gore Vidal)

• People

• Half of the people

• Half

• Half of the American people

A compound subject is one that consists of more than one noun.

• True

• False

Choose a sentence with the compound subject:

1) The smell of freshly cooked bread and the smell of coffee always stop me in my tracks.

2) Good advice is something a man gives when he is too old to set a bad example.

• 1

• 2

Choose the sentence with the compound Subject:

1) Uncle Tony and Sarah from next door will join us on the minibus.

2) It's too bad that the only people who know how to run the country are busy driving cabs and cutting hair.

• 1

• 2

Everyone was silent for a minute.

• The subject is expressed by an indefinite pronoun

• The subject is expressed by a personal pronoun

• The subject is expressed by a noun in the common case

• A substantivized adjective

THE SUBJECT IS EXPRESSED BY ...

Oh, my dear Richard, Ada's is a noble heart

• The noun in the common case

• The noun in the possessive case

• The noun in the object case

• The pronoun

The door opened. It was opened by a young girl of thirteen.

• It as a formal subject

• It as a notional subject