Simple Subject and Complete Subject

Identify the complete subject in the following sentence: The attack on Pearl Harbor brought the U.S. into World War II.

• attack on Pearl Harbor

• the U.S. into World War II

• Pearl Harbor

• The attack on Pearl Harbor

Identify the simple subject in the following sentence:

The attack on Pearl Harbor brought the U.S. into World War II.

• Pearl Harbor

• U.S.

• attack

• World War II

Stella's car broke down two blocks from her house.

What is the complete subject?

• Stella's

• Stella's car

• blocks

• two blocks

The airplane model took three hours to build.

What is the complete subject?

• airplane

• The airplane model

• hours

• three hours

What is the simple subject?

• Mr. Allen

• Mr. Allen's family

• family

• Christmas

The brown horse trotted to the barn.

• complete subject

• complete predicate

• simple subject

• simple predicate

Find the subject: John looked out of the window to check the sky. 

• John

• John looked

• John looked out

What is the complete subject in the following sentence?

• Marty

• Marty Shaw

• heard the bulldozer.

• heard

What is the Simple Subject of this sentence: The blue and purple backpack has polka dots.

• has

• has polka dots

• The blue and purple backpack

• backpack

What is the complete subject?

The children built a sandcastle.

• The

• children built

• The children

• built a sandcastle