The Subject

The Subject

• tells who or what is doing the action in the sentence.

• tells how many things in the sentence.

To find the subject of a sentence, ask who or what is doing something or who or what is being talked about. The subject may come at the beginning, the middle, or the end of a sentence.

• True

• False

On his trip to the Amazon rainforest, Mr. Bergeron took hundreds of photographs.

Choose the correct subject?

• [Who took photographs? Mr. Bergeron did.]

• [How many photographs? hundreds of photographs.]

Hanging from the thick tree branch was a hairy sloth.

Choose the correct subject?

• [What was hanging from the tree branch? A hairy sloth was.]

• [where is hanging ? from the thick tree branch.]

The rainforest is the habitat of many interesting animals.

Choose the correct subject?

• [What is being talked about? The rainforest is.]

• [What did it mean rain forest? The habitat is.]

consists of all the words needed to tell whom or what a sentence is about.

• The complete subject

• The simple subject

is the main word or words in the complete subject.

• The complete subject

• The simple subject

That spiny little creature is a hedgehog.

COMPLETE SUBJECT 

• creature

• That spiny little creature

That spiny little creature is a hedgehog.

SIMPLE SUBJECT 

• creature

• That spiny little creature

Does Groundhog Day in the United States fall on February 2?

COMPLETE SUBJECT 

• Groundhog Day

• Groundhog Day in the United States